GOP House rejects Hegseth impeachment effort
The 211-204 procedural vote sends eight impeachment articles to committee and gives the Pentagon chief more time before Democrats take control in January.
- On Tuesday, the House voted 211 to 204 to refer an impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to committee, effectively blocking the effort led by Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie.
- Massie filed eight articles of impeachment accusing Hegseth of waging unauthorized war in Iran, ignoring laws to minimize civilian casualties, and directing "extrajudicial killings" in counternarcotics operations off Venezuela.
- Eleven Democrats skipped the vote, providing enough numbers to have flipped the outcome had they attended, while Massie stood as the only Republican voting against shelving the measure.
- House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries declared "Hegseth has got to go," yet President Donald Trump continues to "stand by" his Pentagon chief despite calling him "one of the guys most responsible" for election losses.
- Democrats could potentially renew impeachment efforts when they assume control of Congress in January, as Republicans shielded Hegseth following voter discontent about the Iran war that cost them midterm seats.
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The impeachment proceedings against U.S. Secretary of Defense Hegseth have for the time being failed. Republicans in the House of Representatives voted almost completely against the advance of Republican MP Massie, who was supported by the Democrats.
Eleven missing democrats stop the impeachment attack against Pete Hegseth – Donald Trump celebrates the result as defeat of his opponents.
The impeachment was driven by Republican Thomas Massie, Kentucky representative and critic of Donald Trump, who was the only legislator in his party to oppose sending it to the committee
On Tuesday, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected a resolution to bring Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to political trial, holding back the attempt to dismiss the Pentagon chief for his conduct in office and his handling of the war in Iran.
The House of Representatives of the US Congress on Tuesday rejected the resolution to initiate the impeachment process against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, thus stopping the attempt to remove him from the head of the Pentagon because of his conduct in office and the way he conducts the war in Iran, AP reports.
Republicans in the US House of Representatives on Tuesday blocked an initiative to impeach US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his handling of the Iran war. The resolution failed to secure the necessary votes to be sent to the House Judiciary Committee. The vote ended with 211 votes against and 204 in favor, giving President Donald Trump a victory, just days after his party's defeat in the midterm elections. Democrats and some Republicans had…
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