Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri, has raised concerns regarding Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray's absence from a public Senate hearing on Thursday. Hawley alleges that the officials skipped the hearing to avoid facing criticism over the verdict in the case of Laken Riley's murder.
The Senate Homeland Security Committee had scheduled Mayorkas and Wray to testify on Thursday, but the hearing was postponed at their request to be classified and not open to the public. Hawley has called on Committee Chairman Gary Peters, a Democrat from Michigan, to subpoena the officials for public testimony.
