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start with the impeachment of secretary mayorkas. there was no debate, no hearing, no evidence presented, no trial. and after senate majority leaderboard chuck schumer's majority vote killed, this claiming the articles from the house were unconstitutional, there were questions about the actual process to kill it and how that's constitutional. >> brit: well, it's a political buy in a political process in the end, bret. there is quasijudicial forms and rules apply when articles of impeachment have been sent to the senate by the house. but, in the end all comes down to the same thing it always does. who has the vote? it requires two thirds of the senate to convict. which means you have got to have huge bipartisan agreement that what was alleged and established was, in fact, a high crime or misdemeanor along the lines of treason and bribery, which are the two cited by the constitution in order to hope to get a conviction. i don't think this one was ever going to rise that level. nor have i thought that, bret, to be honest with you about
start with the impeachment of secretary mayorkas. there was no debate, no hearing, no evidence presented, no trial. and after senate majority leaderboard chuck schumer's majority vote killed, this claiming the articles from the house were unconstitutional, there were questions about the actual process to kill it and how that's constitutional. >> brit: well, it's a political buy in a political process in the end, bret. there is quasijudicial forms and rules apply when articles of...
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the nation and the people of the united states. >> two articles of impeachment for mayorkas. the house accuses him of breaking the law and violating the public's trust about the border. >> impeachment is congress' only viable option. >> it was a split screen as the house sent the articles to the senate on the same day mayorkas testified before the very house committee which impeached him. >> secretary mayorkas has not only betrayed the trust of the american people, his service as secretary has left a scar on our nation's soul that may never be removed. >> i have never minimized the challenge that the southern border presents. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer wants to finish the trial as soon as possible. >> that's an abuse of the process. that is more chaos. >> of course republicans warn democrats against short circuiting the case without a final verdict. >> i have yet to hear any articulation of their theory why they are entitled to a motion to dismiss. >> members of the senate are sworn in as jurors tomorrow, but that's when schumer could call a vote to end the trial
the nation and the people of the united states. >> two articles of impeachment for mayorkas. the house accuses him of breaking the law and violating the public's trust about the border. >> impeachment is congress' only viable option. >> it was a split screen as the house sent the articles to the senate on the same day mayorkas testified before the very house committee which impeached him. >> secretary mayorkas has not only betrayed the trust of the american people, his...
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he already delayed sending those articles of impeachment for dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas, delayed that to next week. by the way, mayorkas was on the hill today asking for more funding for the border after being impeached for the job he has done on the border. bret? >> bret: aishah hasnie live on the hill. thanks. president biden is considering a request from australia to end the effort to prosecute wikileaks founder julian assange. he has been indicted on 17 espionage charges for publishing classified documents on his website nearly 15 years ago. u.s. prosecutors say that put lives at risk. assange supporters say the actions should be protected by the first amendment. ♪ >> bret: president bididen says the handling of the hamas war by israel's prime minister has, quote: been a mistake. he is calling for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to reach a cease-fire now. correspondent trey yingst is in tel aviv tonight. >> trey: while agreements on the path forward in gaza remain, president biden spoke wednesday about his demands for israeli israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. >>
he already delayed sending those articles of impeachment for dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas, delayed that to next week. by the way, mayorkas was on the hill today asking for more funding for the border after being impeached for the job he has done on the border. bret? >> bret: aishah hasnie live on the hill. thanks. president biden is considering a request from australia to end the effort to prosecute wikileaks founder julian assange. he has been indicted on 17 espionage charges for...
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no higher priority for both herself and the president in bringing those hostages secretary alejandro mayorkas are slow walk to the u.s. senate. this as the speaker himself is walking a political tight rope to try to hold on to his job while at the same time trying to get key legislation across the finish line. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has our story live from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, good evening. house speaker mike johnson planned to send the articles of impeachment to the senate tomorrow night. but senate conservatives demanded a delay. they want more time to make the case that the senate should hold a full trial. house impeachment managers were ready to go. >> we were ready to go tomorrow. >> do you wish that they would just go tomorrow. >> six and one half dozen the other to me. whatever the leadership decides, i would support it. >> so the trial is off until next monday. johnson also faces another test, one prominent member wants the house to oust the speaker. marjorie taylor greene firing off a letter to republican colleagues accusing house speak
no higher priority for both herself and the president in bringing those hostages secretary alejandro mayorkas are slow walk to the u.s. senate. this as the speaker himself is walking a political tight rope to try to hold on to his job while at the same time trying to get key legislation across the finish line. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram has our story live from capitol hill. good evening, chad. >> bret, good evening. house speaker mike johnson planned to send the...
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the senate floor to pressure leader schumer to hold an impeachment trial for dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas, and that effort could slow down any kind of foreign aid package or any of these foreign aid bills that speaker johnson is proposing if it moves out of the house. again, we're not even there to that point yet. we still have to hear from the conference when they come out of this meeting, bret? >> bret: yeah. impeachment is expected to be walked over tomorrow afternoon. but, just to be clear, so we're talking about three separate bills. israel, ukraine you, taiwan and then the fourth would be the tiktok bill do. they think they have the votes there for this separation? >> well, there were enough votes to pass the tiktok, the original tiktok bill out of the house. so that definitely could pass as well. they are going to lose progressives on that same progressives they would lose on the israel aid package. again, three separate foreign aid bills. those are just for the foreign aid part of the money. tiktok is one more thing they are trying to tack on to all of this. >> bret: okay. great s
the senate floor to pressure leader schumer to hold an impeachment trial for dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas, and that effort could slow down any kind of foreign aid package or any of these foreign aid bills that speaker johnson is proposing if it moves out of the house. again, we're not even there to that point yet. we still have to hear from the conference when they come out of this meeting, bret? >> bret: yeah. impeachment is expected to be walked over tomorrow afternoon. but, just to...