House GOP Asks Mayorkas for Written Defense to Speed Impeachment

Jan. 17, 2024, 2:40 PM UTC

House Republicans are urging Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to defend his record in writing after he rejected their schedule for an in-person impeachment hearing and offered to testify later.

Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (Tenn.) wrote to Mayorkason Wednesday, accusing him of “endless delay tactics” and inviting him to provide written testimony by Jan. 28.

The invitation drew an immediate rebuke from the Department of Homeland Security, the latest dust-up between the agency and committee Republicans who have spent a year building a case against Mayorkas’s handling of the southern border and are now aiming to impeach ...

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