The Senate dismissed impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas shortly after his trial began Wednesday.

The Senate is set to convene for the impeachment trial of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday afternoon, with Democrats aiming to bring the effort to a quick end.

House Speaker Mike Johnson is facing pressure from far-right members of his own party, who are threatening to remove him. Meanwhile, articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas were delivered to the Senate, where the bid is expected to be quickly dismissed. Scott MacFarlane reports.

The Senate is tasked with the trial after the House impeached Mayorkas earlier this year. Senate Democrats are expected to move to quickly quash the effort.

Republicans claimed Jena Griswold denied former President Donald Trump due process when she used her position to try to disqualify him from Colorado's primary ballot.

House Republicans were expected to transmit the impeachment articles against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate Wednesday.

GOP Rep. James Comer of Kentucky asked President Biden to appear on April 16, an invitation he is almost certain to decline.

House impeachment managers are set to present the articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate upon Congress' return from recess next month.

"The simple reality is that federal courts have no role to play when it comes to a state impeachment," Judge Steven Seeger said.

Hunter Biden is testifying in a closed deposition before three GOP-led House committees conducting an impeachment inquiry into his father, President Biden.