House delivers Mayorkas impeachment articles to Schumer, setting up trial proceedings

House impeachment managers officially delivered 2 articles of impeachment passed against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., soon aft 2:30 p.m. connected Tuesday. 

After delaying nan planned transportation past week and pushing it to Tuesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., directed impeachment managers to bring nan long-anticipated articles to nan Senate, which will group disconnected a number of procedural actions. 

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Impeachment articles were delivered to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer connected Tuesday for DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas. (Getty Images)

The articles were initially passed successful February, but nan House held disconnected sending them to nan Senate until aft nan appropriations process was over. 

With custody of nan articles, Schumer has urged each senators to beryllium coming during nan week arsenic they will beryllium sworn in arsenic jurors for nan impeachment proceedings connected Wednesday. 

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Impeachment articles against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will beryllium delivered to Chuck Schumer connected Tuesday, arsenic GOP senators, including Ted Cruz, Roger Marshall, and Ron Johnson, among others, unit Democrats to let nan proceedings to play out. (Getty Images)

Once sworn in, it's unclear whether a proceedings will proceed. Republicans successful nan Senate person accused their Democratic counterparts of wanting to disregard nan trial, utilizing a mobility to table, efficaciously sidesplitting it. And while immoderate Democrats, specified arsenic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, Wis., said they haven't heard astir plans for their caucus to do this, others person pushed for it. Sens. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, who are some up for competitive re-election races, arsenic is Baldwin, revealed they want to disregard nan impeachment trial. 

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Several Democratic senators prepping for reliable re-election battles successful November person been considered nan factors that will determine whether nan proceedings moves forward. Sens. Bob Casey, D-Penn., Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Baldwin still haven't revealed their plans. Each ballot will beryllium critical, arsenic nan Senate is divided narrowly 51 to 49, Democrats to Republicans. 

Vulnerable Democratic senators facing a re-election title successful November are facing unit up of nan Mayorkas impeachment trial. (Getty Images)

Schumer has not indicated whether Democrats will activity a procedural off-ramp for nan trial, arsenic immoderate caucus members person said they would for illustration to see. However, nan mostly leader said successful a caller statement, "We want to reside this rumor arsenic expeditiously arsenic possible," regarding nan articles of impeachment. 

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"As I’ve said repeatedly, impeachment should ne'er beryllium utilized to settee a argumentation disagreement," Schumer besides claimed. "That would group a horrible precedent for nan Congress."

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., conducts a news convention aft nan legislature luncheons successful nan U.S. Capitol connected Wednesday, June 21, 2023.  (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has advised each Republican competitors successful cardinal states pinch susceptible Democratic incumbents to unit their opponents successful nan impeachment trial. If those candidates seeking re-election look to disregard nan trial, Republicans are expected to clasp it against them during nan campaign. This could beryllium peculiarly persuasive arsenic nan confederate separator has go an progressively important rumor for voters crossed nan country.