Alejandro Mayorkas: Senate votes to dismiss impeachment charges


by BBC News

BBC News— It was the first time in almost 150 years the chamber had considered a US cabinet secretary's impeachment.

KTSA—Senate adjourns the impeachment trial against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after dismissing charges. WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate adjourns the impeachment trial against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after dismissing charges.

CNN—How every senator voted on the rejection of Mayorkas impeachment charges. The US Senate on Wednesday voted to end the impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, bypassing with procedural votes the first attempt by Congress to oust a Cabinet secretary in more than a century and a half. The pair of votes, which split along partisan lines, swiftly killed a Senate trial that had only just begun, with Democrats and three independents voting to stop the process. The Republican-controlled House impeached Mayorkas in February. The senators voted...

The Washington Times—Senate Democrats dismiss first Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment article as unconstitutional. The Senate voted along party lines Wednesday to effectively dismiss the first of two impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by deeming it unconstitutional and failing to rise to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors.