Hegseth Impeachment Push: Massie Forces Congress Vote

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has dismissed a Republican-led impeachment effort as a political “farce” as Congress prepares to vote on the measure.

House Republicans successfully blocked an attempt to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday evening.

A motion to refer Republican Rep. Thomas Massie’s eight articles of impeachment to committee passed in the House, 211-204. Only Massie crossed party lines to join Democrats voting against the motion.

The House vote means that the eight articles of impeachment will not advance to the Senate, and Hegseth will remain in office.

However, the vote may not be the end of the impeachment fight. Democrats are preparing to take control of the House in January following their midterm victories, and party leaders have already signaled support for investigating Hegseth's leadership of the Pentagon and the administration's military operations.

“The referral of these baseless impeachment articles to the House Judiciary Committee marks total victory for Secretary Hegseth, the Department of War, and the American warfighter,” Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell wrote on X.

“We look forward to ending this sham impeachment in the committee room, where facts will continue to prevail and this distraction can be put to rest,” Parnell added.

On Tuesday morning, ahead of the vote, Hegseth had dismissed the effort to impeach him as a political "farce" and an act of "sabotage." The renewed push came amid growing scrutiny of Hegseth's leadership of the Pentagon, the administration's military campaign in Iran and allegations outlined in Massie's impeachment resolution concerning U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific.

In a rare Pentagon press conference, Hegseth mounted an aggressive defense of his record, accusing Massie of undermining American military personnel.

In a statement to reporters, Hegseth said the impeachment articles "mock the Constitution, they attack the chain of command, and they criminalize the warfighters who execute lawful orders."

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