Senate expected to quickly dismiss Mayorkas impeachment

FROM HIS NEW MEMOIR ENTITLED KNIFE THAT COMES OUT ON TUESDAY. >>> HOUSE REPUBLICANS DELIVERED ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO THE SENATE AGAINST SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS. HE IS THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CABINET MEMBER TO FACE IMPEACHMENT IN 150 YEARS. HE HAS BEEN CRITICIZED FOR HIS HANDLING OF THE MICRO CRISIS AT THE U.S. AND MEXICO BORDER. HIS JOB IS NOT IN BORDER FROM -- AND DANGER FOR THE REPUBLICAN EFFORT BUT THAT IS NOT AS TRUE FOR THE LEADER OF THE REPUBLICAN HOUSE. SCOTT McFARLAND REPORTS. >> Reporter: HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE TALKING ABOUT REMOVING THEIR OWN SPEAKER. CONTACTED GUARDSMEN THOMAS MASSEY BECOME THE SECOND HOUSE REPUBLICANS TO SAY THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT DUMPING SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON. >> I AM NOT RESIGNING AND IT IS IN MY VIEW AN ABSURD NOTION. >> Reporter: THE LOUISIANA REPUBLICAN IS SECOND IN LINE TO THE PRESIDENCY. >> WE ARE SIMPLY HERE TRYING TO DO OUR JOBS. >> Reporter: JOHNSON IS BALANCING THE NARROWEST U.S. HOUSE MAJORITY AND IS UNDER SCRUTINY FOR HIS RELEASED PLAN TO PROVIDE BILLIONS IN AID TO ISRAEL AND UKRAINE BUT SEPARATELY. THAT MIGHT SATISFY HIS HARDLINE CRITICS UP WANT TO CUT OFF AID TO UKRAINE BUT IT RISKS DELAYS IN AN AID PACKAGE TO BOTH ZONES. THE JOHNSON HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE TRYING TO REMOVE A DIFFERENT OFFICIAL. DELIVERING IMPEACHMENT ARTICLES TO THE SENATE TODAY AGAINST HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY, ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS. ARGUING HE HAS REFUSED TO ENFORCE IMMIGRATION LAWS. HE DID MY BUT YET AGAIN TODAY. SETTING UP A FORMAL PROCEEDING TOMORROW IN THE U.S. SENATE, DESTINED FOR A DEAD-END. >> WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS OF THE TRIAL TOMORROW? >> I WOULD SAY, VIRTUALLY NONE. >> DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE SENATE AND THEY EXPECT THE MATTER WILL BE SHUT DOWN WITHOUT A TRIAL. >> IT IS A BOGUS SECTION BY THE HOUSE AND THAT IS THE PROBLEM. >> SCOTT JOINS US NOW FROM CAPITOL HILL. SCOTT, WHAT CAN WE EXPECT WHEN THE TRIAL BEGINS? >> IT COULD TAKE HOURS OR ECLIPSE AN ENTIRE AFTERNOON. WE KNOW IT BEGINS TOMORROW AT 1:00 P.M. BUT THE SENATE IS TAKING UP THE MATTER AND THE SENATORS ARE SWORN IN AS JURORS. THE SENATE SENATOR FROM WASHINGTON IS A DEMOCRAT AND THERE IS NO SUPREME COURT JUSTICE HERE BECAUSE THIS IS NOT AN IMPEACHMENT OF THE U.S. PRESIDENT. BEYOND THAT THERE IS EVERY EXPECTATION FROM BOTH PARTIES THAT THIS WILL BE DISPOSED OF AND DISPATCHED BY THE DEMO PRODUCT -- DEMOCRATIC CONTROLLED --. REPUBLICANS MAY TRY TO EMPLOY SOME NEGOTIATION TO EXTEND THE TIMEFRAME A BIT BECAUSE THEY WANT TO EXACT SOME POLITICAL PAIN ON THE DEMOCRATS RUNNING FOR REELECTION THIS YEAR. IN OTHERWISE RED STATES. OHIO, MONTANA. CAN THEY EXERT SOME PAIN ON THOSE SENATE DEMOCRATS ON THE ISSUE OF THE BORDER TO MAKE IT MORE CHALLENGING FOR THEM TO WIN REELECTION? >> BUT THEY HAVE TO SIT THERE WITHOUT THIRD DIGITAL DEVICES SO, THAT IS INCENTIVE ENOUGH TO GET THIS OUT OF THE WAY. THEY CANNOT TAKE DEVICES IN WITH THEM. IS THAT RIGHT? >> ALL OF THE PROCEEDINGS IN THE U.S. SENATE STOP. THE DEMOCRATS I SPOKE WITH TODAY SAID THEY THAT THEY HAVE A URGENT BUSINESS TO TEND TO AND THEY CAN'T SPEND TIME ON THIS ENDEAVOR BUT REPUBLICANS SAY THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN U.S. HISTORY THAT A CABINET SECRETARY HAS BEEN IMPEACHED THAT DEMOCRATS IN THE SENATE ALL WENT TO THE IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS IN THE U.S. HOUSE TO AT LEAST HEAR THE EVIDENCE. TO HEAR THE ARGUMENTS AND TO HEAR A CASE. AND GIVE THIS TIME BUT THE EXPECTATION IS THAT THIS WILL BE AN EFFICIENT PROCESS THAT ENDS WITH THE DISMISSAL OF THE CASE. >> THE HOUSE SPEAKER SAYS HE PLANS TO PUT THAT EFFORT TO FUND ISRAEL, UKRAINE, TAIWAN, ALL IN SEPARATE BILLS. HOW WILL THE DEMOCRAT RESPOND AND WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR WHAT HE TRIES TO DO THAT? >> PEOPLE SEEM OPEN-MINDED ABOUT IT. THIS LOOKS, SMELLS, AND TASTES LIKE THE SENATE BILL THAT WAS PASSED WITH A BIPARTISAN GROUP ON BOARD. BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR ISRAEL AND TAIWAN AND UKRAINE. YOU HAVE TO BUY EACH FACE -- PIECE INDIVIDUALLY BUT IT GIVES A HARDLINE REPUBLICANS WIGGLE ROOM TO NOT SUPPORT UKRAINE BUT TO BACK ISRAEL. THAT LAST ONE THERE, THAT IS TRICKY. OTHER PRIORITIES INCLUDING THE FORCED SALE OF TIKTOK AND THE SEIZURE OF -- THAT BECOMES A CHRISTMAS TREE WHERE EVERYONE PUTS AN ORNAMENT ON IT AND TRIES TO ON ADD THEIR OWN PREROGATIVE AND THAT CAN GET MESSY QUICK. FOR NOW, THINGS LOOK OPTIMISTIC. SPECKS SO GIVE US AN IDEA OF HOW THIS MIGHT IMPACT THE SPEAKERSHIP FOR JOHNSON. >> THE REPUBLICANS THAT HAVE MOVED AGAINST THEM INCLUDE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREEN. SHE HAS DRAWN HER REDLINE ON UKRAINE FUNDING. SO, HE IS GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THAT CHALLENGE. SO FAR THERE IS NO TIMEFRAME FOR WHEN SHE PU

Channel: Face the Nation

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Keywords: Politics, United States Congress, Impeachment, Alejandro Mayorkas, Immigration, Republican Party, Mike Johnson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, United States Senate, Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, U.S., CBS News

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Length: 5min 46sec (346 seconds)

Published: Wed Apr 17 2024