Republican elected officials in the House of Representatives, the lower house, indicted Alejandro Mayorkas, Minister of Immigration, on Tuesday. He will therefore go through a trial in the Senate.
This is the first time in nearly 150 years that Congress, the American parliament, has decided on such a sanction against a minister. The last indictment of a minister by Congress dates back to… 1876. The US Constitution provides that Congress can impeach the president, a minister or federal judges for “treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors”