{"id":1803332,"date":"2023-01-12T10:05:26","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T15:05:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1803332"},"modified":"2023-01-12T10:10:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T15:10:24","slug":"mayorkas-lashes-out-at-gop-following-impeachment-filing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-lashes-out-at-gop-following-impeachment-filing\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayorkas Lashes Out at GOP Following Impeachment Filing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmayorkas-lashes-out-at-gop-following-impeachment-filing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1803332&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/100-10-38\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">T<\/span>he Department of Homeland Security responded to a Republican lawmaker\u2019s filing of <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house-republican-files-articles-impeachment-dhs-secretary-mayorkas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Articles against impeachment<\/a> Alejandro Mayorkas (Secretary), denounces the move as disappointing and baseless. <\/p>\n<p>Rep. Pat Fallon (R.TX) presented the House with the articles of impeachment on Monday. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alejandro-mayorkas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayorkas<\/a> Of committing high-level crimes and misdemeanors. The department, however, opposed the impeachment inquiry, arguing that the accusations are false and don&#8217;t meet the constitutional standard to warrant impeachment. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house-republican-files-articles-impeachment-dhs-secretary-mayorkas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOUSE REPUBLICAN FILE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST DHS SECURETARY MAYORKAS<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary Mayorkas is proud to advance the noble mission of this department, support its extraordinary workforce, and serve the American people,\u201d According to a spokesperson from DHS, the <i>Washington Examiner. <\/i>\u201cThe department will continue our work to enforce our laws and secure our border, while building a safe, orderly, and humane immigration system. Members of Congress can do better than point the finger at someone else; they should come to the table and work on solutions for our broken system and outdated laws, which they have not updated in over 40 years.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>GOP leaders such as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) have long vowed to open impeachment inquiries into the DHS secretary if he doesn\u2019t step down from office, targeting him for his handling of the southern border. The DHS confirmed that Mayorkas did not intend to resign as of Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Fallon pledged to introduce impeachment Articles against Mayorkas, who allegedly undermined law enforcement activities at South Border. <\/p>\n<p>Fallon\u2019s impeachment inquiry introduces <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-resolution\/8\/text?q=%7B%22search%22%3A%5B%22%22%5D%7D&#038;r=3&#038;s=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Three articles on Mayorkas<\/a> Included charges for engaging in a pattern \u201cincompatible with his duties,&#8221; providing false and misleading testimony to Congress, and \u201cknowingly\u201d slandering Border Patrol agents. <\/p>\n<p>The second article of impeachment is based on allegations that Mayorkas falsely testified to Congress in separate hearings last spring, telling them that DHS had been closed. \u201coperational control\u201d Over the border and that it&#8217;s secure. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe record-breaking number of illegal alien encounters, including over 1,000,000 known \u2018gotaways\u2019, as well as the record seizures of deadly fentanyl and other contraband, prove that Secretary Mayorkas has not ensured operational control of the southern border,\u201d Fallon wrote in his impeachment inquiry. <\/p>\n<p>The third article is an answer to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/mayorkas-condemns-border-patrol-whipping\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayorkas comments<\/a> Following reports in September 2021 that Border Patrol agents were riding horses, there have been several allegations. \u201cwhipping\u201d Illegal immigrants tried to cross Rio Grande in Del Rio Texas. <\/p>\n<p>A 511-page report released by the Customs and Border Protection\u2019s Office of Personal Responsibility <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/texas-biden-apologize-border-patrol-whipping-agents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">later found<\/a> \u201cno evidence that [Border Patrol agents] involved in this incident struck, intentionally or otherwise, any migrant with their reins.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WASHINGTON XAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary Mayorkas slandered his own Border Patrol agents and TXDPS Troopers involved in this incident, contributing to a further decrease in already-low morale among agents,\u201d Fallon wrote. <\/p>\n<p>The articles of impeachment have been referred to the House Judiciary Committee, and it\u2019s unclear if or when they will be considered by the entire House. If Republicans impeach Mayorkas, it\u2019s unlikely he would be convicted in the Democratic-led Senate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Homeland Security responded to a Republican lawmaker\u2019s filing of Articles against impeachment Alejandro Mayorkas (Secretary), denounces the move as disappointing and baseless. Rep. Pat Fallon (R.TX) presented the House with the articles of impeachment on Monday. Mayorkas Of committing high-level crimes and misdemeanors. The department, however, opposed the impeachment inquiry, arguing that &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1803335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,7014,6203,3636,6678,5058,3819],"class_list":["post-1803332","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-filing","tag-gop","tag-impeachment","tag-lashes","tag-mayorkas","tag-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803332","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1803332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1803332\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1803335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1803332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1803332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1803332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}