The Republican-controlled House impeached Mayorkas Feb. 13 over the Biden administration's handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. Senate leaders have shown little interest in spending much time on it.
Schiff is the former Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and was the lead prosecutor in Trump's first impeachment trial. He has long been a top Republican political target.
Schiff is the former Democratic chairman of the House Intelligence Committee and was the lead prosecutor in Trump's first impeachment trial. He has long been a top Republican political target.
Democrats say they are holding out hope that they will win over enough Republicans to convict the former president for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riots, in which five people died.
"There will be a trial," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said in making the announcement Friday. "It will be a full trial, it will be a fair trial."
The Democrats, all of whom are lawyers and many of whom have deep experience investigating the president, face the arduous task of convincing skeptical Senate Republicans to convict Trump.
Three House Democrats are planning to introduce articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Monday, meaning the chamber could potentially vote on his removal from office by midweek, according two people familiar with the planning.
Trump called Michael Atkinson a "disgrace" after informing Congress late Friday night that he intended to fire him. In letters to the House and Senate intelligence committees, Trump wrote that he had lost confidence in Atkinson but gave little detail.