US top Democrat backs impeachment of Pete Hegseth
US top Democrat Hakeem Jefferies says it’s a ‘hard yes’ on supporting efforts to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a vote that could be called this week. Jeffries is poised to become Speaker of the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives.
Trump critic Thomas Massie is calling for a vote to impeach Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth, accusing Hegseth of waging war without congressional approval.
A Republican lawmaker moved Monday to impeach US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war in Iran, setting up a potentially explosive vote in Congress just days after President Donald Trump’s party suffered a crushing midterm defeat. Kentucky congressman Thomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment accusing Hegseth of illegally waging war without congressional authorization and abusing his powers as Pentagon chief.
Question marks hang over Pete Hegseth's tenure as US defence secretary after a fresh attempt to impeach him was launched in Congress amid growing bipartisan calls for him to resign.
Democratic lawmakers are mapping out their post-midterm agenda with pledges to lead committee investigations into Trump.
The frontrunner to lead the US House of Representatives after Democrats take control of Congress in January has said he is “a hard yes” for impeaching Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. New York congressman Hakeem Jeffries told ABC’s programme This Week that Hegseth had “abused his power, undermined our national security, and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran”.
The effort will likely fail, but Representative Thomas Massie wants to push Trump to fire Hegseth before Democrats can launch their own impeachment process.