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are expected to offer a motion to dismiss the case on the ground that it’s baseless and doesn’t rise to the constitutional standard of high crimes and misdemeanors, a view thatAnd with other pressing matters before the upper chamber, including a looming Friday deadline for reauthorization of top national intelligence programs and possible votes on U.S. aid to Israel and Ukraine, many senators would like to move on from the Mayorkas trial as quickly as possible.
It’s not clear yet how Democrats intend to dispense with the case. Any senator may offer a motion to dismiss or table the trial, requiring a simple majority of votes to succeed. During former Presidentoffered a motion to dismiss the charges of inciting the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol, but it was rejected with bipartisan support.
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