Posted on 04/19/2024 5:36:59 PM PDT by John Semmens
By a vote of 51 to 48, the US Senate voted not to bother with an impeachment trial for Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The articles of impeachment sent over from the US House of Representatives charged Mayorkas with "willful and systematic refusal to comply with the law and lying under oath in his testimony to Congress."
Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) explained "we don't need a trial to know that Secretary Mayorkas is not guilty. He has explained to me personally that he supports allowing more immigrants into America than current law permits because his parents were immigrants and the needs of US businesses for more cheap labor override strict adherence to statutory law. In this regard, he has the full backing of President Biden. So, we cannot punish him for simply following the orders of his superior."
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La) called the Democrats refusal to hear the evidence "a dereliction of duty. The Senate is presumed to be the jury charged with assessing the guilt or innocence of the accused. It is improper for a jury to declare a verdict without hearing the evidence."
Schumer rebutted Kennedy's assertion by pointing out "earlier this year, special counsel Robert Hur decided against a trial charging President Biden with the crime of mishandling classified documents because he is an elderly man with a poor memory. So, I think there is a precedent for our decision today. In the future, I wouldn't be surprised to see more juries opt to convict or acquit before hearing testimony and save taxpayers the expense of paying for a trial just the Senate did here today."
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ping
Shoulda used the Kennedy word "rinky-doo’d." 😃
File it away for next time.
-PJ
“Evidence? Ain’t nobody got time for dat!”
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