Senators to be sworn in for Mayorkas impeachment trial ahead of expected dismissal

Senators are group to beryllium sworn successful arsenic jurors astatine 1:00 p.m. connected Wednesday to statesman information of nan House-passed articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a process that Republicans person warned that their Democratic colleagues will effort to quickly end. 

House impeachment managers officially delivered nan articles of impeachment, which passed nan little enclosure successful February, to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., connected Tuesday connected nan Senate floor. 

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U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is sworn successful earlier testifying to nan House Homeland Security Committee astir nan Biden Administration's FY2025 fund petition successful nan Cannon House Office Building connected Capitol Hill connected April 16, 2024, successful Washington, D.C.  (Getty Images)

The long-awaited transportation group into mobility a process successful nan Senate, requiring that lawmakers beryllium sworn successful arsenic jurors nan pursuing time to reside nan articles. 

However, Republicans person spent nan past fewer weeks speculating that their Democratic counterparts will look to off-ramp nan impeachment proceedings earlier arguments begin. This was confirmed by Schumer connected nan Senate level connected Wednesday morning, pinch nan mostly leader saying successful remarks, "For nan liking of nan Senate's integrity, and to protect impeachment for those uncommon cases we genuinely request it, senators should disregard today's charges."

Several Democratic senators person voiced support for dismissing nan articles successful nan lead up to nan trial's consideration, including Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., successful a caller reside connected nan enclosure floor. 

Schumer had antecedently stated his plans to "expeditiously" woody pinch nan impeachment proceedings proceedings, without indicating nan circumstantial way nan caucus was readying to take. 

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

Republicans person expressed outrage astatine nan apt refusal of their colleagues to let a afloat impeachment proceedings against Mayorkas to play out. They person moreover threatened to unopen down nan Senate by making changeless objections to requests for unanimous consent connected regular business if a proceedings isn't seen each nan measurement through. 

At a property convention pursuing nan article transportation connected Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, previewed that "we're going to spot Chuck Schumer propulsion retired 200 years of history [and] disregard nan Constitution," referencing nan truth that an impeachment proceedings has ne'er been tabled by nan Senate. 

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If Democrats mobility to array an impeachment proceedings into DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas successful nan Senate, 5 susceptible lawmakers, Sens. Bob Casey, Sherrod Brown, Jacky Rosen, Tammy Baldwin, Jon Tester, could find nan outcome.  (Getty Images)

"He does not want these [House impeachment] managers to coming nan grounds of nan group dying because of their policies," he added. 

Several susceptible Democratic senators were expected to beryllium nan deciding factors connected whether a proceedings was allowed to play out. But successful caller days, aggregate Democrats successful highly competitory races successful battleground states person revealed they want to spot nan proceedings dismissed. 

Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., D-Pa., leaves nan Capitol aft a ballot connected Tuesday, April 18, 2023.  (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Casey expressed his sentiment for nan first clip connected Tuesday, telling CNN, "I deliberation we should move connected and get to activity connected a bipartisan separator information deal."

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There person besides been aggregate Republicans whose planned votes were considered a mystery. Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, are concerns connected nan right, contempt nan convention being mostly united. This unity was evidenced by 43 Republicans signing onto a missive past week calling connected Schumer to let nan proceedings to beryllium seen each nan measurement through. 

With a constrictive divided successful nan precocious chamber, statement among nan parties tin beryllium easy disrupted by conscionable a fewer senators. Democrats clasp nan mostly pinch conscionable 51-49 complete Republicans.