Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) withdrew her efforts to force a vote on impeaching Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after receiving guarantees from party leaders they would move forward with the full impeachment process.
The vote comes after a monthslong push by Greene to remove the top border official from his post over accusations Mayorkas is failing to maintain “operational control” of U.S. borders.
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The GOP must move to reshape and reform itself after Trumpism and a deadly insurrection, University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus asserts
Featured image: US President Donald Trump speaks after touring a section of the border wall in Alamo, Texas on January 12, 2021.MANDEL NGAN, Contributor / AFP via Getty Images
After being banned from major social media platforms, President Donald Trump finds himself distanced from a spotlight that now only showers him with the notoriety of being the only president in U.S. history to be impeached twice.
In an interview with Chron, University of Houston political science professor Brandon Rottinghaus considers what happens next for President Trump s impeachment, what the GOP must do to reshape its image and tightened security for President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration.
The call for the removal of President Donald Trump from power, or another impeachment, is getting louder from Democratic lawmakers. But what if he tries to invoke a self-pardon? Experts weigh in. I certainly imagine his advisors would be telling him, if you want to protect yourself from criminal liability the safest way to do that is do what Richard Nixon did. Which is to resign and then have your vice president, who becomes president, pardon you and that would make the pardon valid and there would be no question about it, says law professor Julie Nice of University of San Francisco.
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The U.S. House of Representatives is debating an article of impeachment against President Trump following the violence at the U.S. Capitol. The article charges Trump with incitement of insurrection. Watch the debate and vote live.
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