Hegseth calls impeachment 'a farce'

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed back against efforts to impeach him. He said on Tuesday that he will remain in his post, and called the moves a "farce." ...

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has pushed back against efforts to impeach him. He said on Tuesday that he will remain in his post, and called the moves a "farce."

Republican Representative Thomas Massie from Kentucky introduced eight articles of impeachment against him on Monday. They cite various actions, including ones related to the military operations in Iran and Venezuela.

Massie said: "Secretary Hegseth abused the powers of his office through the following means. Directing, authorizing, and sustaining hostile United States military actions in Iran after both chambers of Congress agreed to House concurrent Resolution 86, thereby disregarding Congress's express and lawful direction that the United States Armed Forces be removed from such hostilities."

Hegseth condemned the move at a news conference on Tuesday at the Pentagon.

"These resolutions are a farce," he said. "They mock the Constitution. They attack the chain of command, and they criminalize the warfighters who execute lawful orders. This process hands our adversaries a propaganda victory, and wastes the time of Congress that should instead be focused on protecting the American people."

He noted that President Donald Trump was impeached twice in his first term, but could not be removed from the office, and he warned, "They will fail again."

Trump is standing by him and claimed Hegseth is "winning the war" with Iran. He said on social media that Hegseth gets an "A PLUS, PLUS, PLUS for his defense" against the impeachment.

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