Roughly two months after voting to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, House Republicans delivered the charges to the Senate on Tuesday to formally kick off a trial. The Senate is not expected to convict or remove Mayorkas.
Democratic sources had told NPR that they expected Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer would move to dispose of the charges, with either a motion to dismiss or by tabling the charges. But on Tuesday, there was discussion between Democrats and Republicans about carving out time Wednesday for debate on the articles of impeachment.
