On Capitol Hill, an attempt to remove US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth for allegedly launching war on Iran without congressional approval has failed. The attempt put forth by dissident Republican congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky was effectively put on hold for the time being when a majority of the House of Representatives agreed to refer impeachment articles to a committee.
Hegseth described the impeachment attempt as a “farce” and “sabotage” in his first Pentagon news briefing in six months. The attempt to convict the cabinet secretary of wrongdoing and remove him from office was viewed as unlikely since it could have needed several other Republicans to oppose President Donald Trump.
But after winning the US midterm elections, the Democratic Party may take control of both chambers of Congress in January, which might alter that calculus. Trump’s Republican Party is still in power for the time being.
This is not the end of it,” stated Hakeem Jeffries, the senior Democrat in the House, following Tuesday’s vote. It’s only the start. On Tuesday, lawmakers were voting on whether or not to send the resolution to the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee. An alternative would have beenn tolet the resolution move forward in the House itself.
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