Fox’s Jonathan Turley Comes Out Against House Republicans Impeaching DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Fox News legal analyst Jonathan Turley does not believe there is a “cognizable basis” for House Republicans to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Over the weekend, the House unveiled a resolution including two impeachment articles. One accuses Mayorkas of violating immigration laws via several Biden administration policies. The second accuses Mayorkas of falling short of his duties, misleading Congress, and obstructing the House GOP’s investigation.
Turley is a Constitutional Law professor at George Washington University and frequently appears on Fox News and as a legal expert in congressional hearings invited by Republicans.
“We know over the last, unfortunately, a number of years, impeachment is for treason or bribery or high crimes and misdemeanors,” Steve Doocy started the interview before asking, “Does Mr. Mayorkas, has he done any of those things yet?”
” I don’t think they have established any of those bases for impeachment,” Turley replied. “The fact is, impeachment is not for being a bad cabinet member or even a bad person. It is a very narrow standard.”
He then explained how the framers of the Constitution rejected terms like “maladministration” to avoid this very thing. “Past Congresses have recognized that there’s a danger to this once you cross the Rubicon and start to remove cabinet members because they’re not doing a good job.”
“I just don’t believe that they have a cognizable basis here for impeachment,” Turley concluded. However, he did agree with Republican criticism of what he called President Joe Biden’s “open border.”
The House Homeland Security Committee is set to mark up the impeachment resolution Tuesday morning. Speaker Mike Johnson has pledged to bring them to the House floor “as soon as possible.”
“These articles lay out a clear, compelling, and irrefutable case for Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment. He has willfully and systemically refused to comply with immigration laws enacted by Congress,” committee Chair Mark Green said in a statement. “He has breached the public trust by knowingly making false statements to Congress and the American people, and obstructing congressional oversight of his department.”
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