House fails to impeach Homeland Security chief Mayorkas
Feb 07, 2024•55 min•Transcript available on Metacast Episode description
On today's episode of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Politically Georgia podcast, hosts Bill Nigut and Tia Mitchell welcome DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond and Georgia State University professor Anthony Michael Kreis to the show.
First up, the hosts go over the failed effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. There were four Republican “no” votes on impeachment, but none from Georgia. The Georgia delegation voted along party lines.
Then, over in the Senate, it appears that the bipartisan measure to strengthen border security is now in trouble.
Plus, a federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, rejecting the former president's claims that he is immune from prosecution. This, as the Supreme Court prepares to hear a case Thursday to decide whether Trump is eligible to serve a second term in office after his conduct surrounding the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol.
And back in Georgia, two more of Trump's co-defendants said Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis should be removed from their election interference case, accusing her of prosecutorial misconduct.
LINKS TO TODAY'S TOPICS
House fails to impeach Homeland Security chief Mayorkas
Trump is not immune from prosecution in his 2020 election interference case, US appeals court says
Trump's presidential bid hangs in the balance at the Supreme Court. Here's what to know
More Trump defendants call for Willis removal in Ga. election case
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