Scoop: House Democrat seeks impeachment hearings into DHS Secretary Kristi Noem [View all]

Source: msn/Axios

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Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Ill.) is pressing the House Judiciary Committee to begin impeachment hearings into Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: House Democrats are increasingly turning to impeachment as their go-to cudgel against not only President Trump himself, but many of his Cabinet officials.

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. this week on a litany of charges mostly related to his efforts to roll back public health measures.

Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) filed articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth last week over Signalgate and a reported double-tap strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat in the Caribbean.

Driving the news: In a letter to Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and ranking member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), Ramirez demanded a "complete investigation into Secretary Noem's unlawful and potentially impeachable actions."

The letter accuses Noem of "unethical behavior," pointing to reports that a firm tied to the DHS secretary allegedly received DHS contract money and that the Coast Guard spent $172 million to buy her two private jets.

It also alleges she made "false and misleading" statements to Congress about DHS and ICE operations and accuses her of undermining the separation of powers by ignoring court orders.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/scoop-house-democrat-seeks-impeachment-hearings-into-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem/ar-AA1S9ZFu

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Link to Rep. Ramirez LETTER (PDF viewer) - https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26371287-delia-ramirez-noem-impeachment-letter/

Link to Rep. Ramirez LETTER (PDF) - https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/26371287/delia-ramirez-noem-impeachment-letter.pdf