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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Andrew Feinberg

Homeland security secretary hits back at Republican who compares him to Benedict Arnold: ‘It is so profoundly offensive’

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Homeland Security SecretaryAlejandro Mayorkas on Thursday was left quietly fuming while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee after a Republican member ended a five-minute rant by suggesting the former federal prosecutor is guilty of treason.

Mr Mayorkas, who was on Capitol Hill to testify before a Judiciary Committee oversight hearing for his department, spent a significant portion of his time on the receiving end of taunts and monologues by Republicans who are following a playbook laid out in a memorandum by Ranking Member Jim Jordan of Ohio.

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