Hegseth condemns impeachment effort against him, as House members push for vote

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is denouncing the impeachment effort against him as 'a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment.'

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As U.S. House members pushed for a potential vote Wednesday on whether to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his handling of the Iran war and other alleged “high crimes” against the nation, Hegseth prepared for a fight — with President Trump squarely behind him.

“In the 250 years of our American republic, no secretary of war or secretary of Defense has ever been impeached for carrying out lawful military operations,” Hegseth told reporters during his first news briefing at the Pentagon in six months. He denounced the proceedings as a “political spectacle” brought by a rogue Republican lawmaker over mere “policy disagreements.”

The Constitution allows Congress to impeach and remove federal officials, including Cabinet secretaries

“Pete Hegseth gets an ‘A’ PLUS, PLUS, PLUS for his defense against a disgruntled, angry, defeated, former Congressman, Thomas Massie, a TOTAL LOSER!” Trump posted Tuesday on social media, referring to the outgoing Kentucky Republican who brought the articles of impeachment against Hegseth on Monday.

In his last months in office after losing his primary to a Trump-backed challenger in May, Massie has been a thorn in the administration’s side, including as a sponsor of legislation that forced the Justice Department to release millions of pages of records related to the late disgraced financier and convicted sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein.

Massie spearheaded that effort, and another war powers resolution aimed at reining in the Iran conflict, alongside Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Fremont) — who this week joined other Democrats in rallying behind the Hegseth impeachment, in part by citing Democrats’ sweeping wins in last week’s midterm elections.

“Now the voters have spoken. They want us to end this war. That begins with impeaching Pete Hegseth and convicting him in the Senate,” Khanna said in a video posted Monday.

Massie’s resolution largely focuses on the war in…

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