Will Pete Hegseth be impeached?
A Republican congressman on Monday introduced a motion to impeach US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth for "high crimes and misdemeanours" while in office, including his waging war against Iran without congressional approval. Representative Thomas Massie, a thorn in the side of President Donald Trump and his administration, launched the impeachment push as the House of Representatives returned after…
Representative Thomas Massie has introduced a motion to impeach US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth for high crimes and misdemeanors while in office. Massie accuses Hegseth of waging war against Iran without congressional approval, committing extrajudicial killings, ignoring laws to minimize civilian casualties, and unlawfully kidnapping Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The impeachment push comes after the Republican loss in the midterm elections, which is largely blamed on the unpopularity of the Iran war. Hegseth has responded to the impeachment by mounting a social media campaign and comparing himself to former President Trump, who was impeached twice. Trump has also criticized Massie, calling him a "stone-cold loser."
The impeachment motion lists eight articles, with the first relating to the Iran war and the decision not to seek congressional approval before its start.
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