“He’s guilty of two things: basically winning two wars,” Trump said of Hegseth Sunday evening, praising U.S. military operations in Venezuela and Iran. “It’s awfully hard to say, ‘Let’s impeach somebody who did that.’”
Despite Trump’s continued defense of Hegseth, attempts to impeach the Defense Secretary come from within his own party, as Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky is preparing to reintroduce a privileged resolution.
Massie's renewed push follows an earlier effort in September, when he sought to force a House vote on impeaching Hegseth. However, Speaker Mike Johnson recessed the House early, preventing the measure from reaching the floor.
If Massie re-files his articles of impeachment against Hegseth as privileged, it would mean the House must take up the issue within two legislative days. It’s unclear how this affect the five-week lame-duck session, as government funding runs out after Dec. 11 and lawmakers still need to make a deal to avert a government shutdown.
“A disgruntled, defeated Congressman, along with all his Democrat allies, has also dropped sham articles of impeachment against yours truly, just like they tried against President Trump twice,” Hegseth said, referring to the two impeachments of Trump during his first term as President. “It’s all about the politics of personal destruction–didn’t work against President Trump, and it won’t work with me,” he vowed.
He said that the Defense Department has “followed the law and our Secretary will continue to stand and fight every single day to support and defend the Constitution, lead our troops, and protect America” and added that Hegseth is “100% committed to leading the Department until the end of President Trump’s term in office.”
Massie, who lost the Republican primary in May to a challenger endorsed by Trump, already has the support of a number of Democrats, including Hakeem Jeffries, who is widely expected to be the next House Speaker come January.
Accusing Hegseth of abusing his position, Jeffries continued. “The so-called Secretary of Defense has abused his power, undermined our national security and engineered this reckless and costly war of choice in Iran, which has skyrocketed prices on the American people and made the country less safe.”
The split over the Iran war
In the fallout of the midterm rout, the Republican Party appears to be split over the Iran war—and the extent of its impact on voters.
The Iran war remains vastly unpopular with Americans. A midterm exit poll showed that 74% of voters thought the Iran war was a crucial or major factor when casting their ballot. The conflict is estimated to have cost American taxpayers around $47.1 billion so far. The financial fallout of the war has added to the cost-of-living pressures facing many Americans, with soaring diesel prices proving to be a key concern among voters.
Democrats, meanwhile, have long argued for more congressional overview regarding the Iran war. Some Republicans, including Massie and Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, have also questioned the boundaries of the presidential war powers. In a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in July, Murkowski asked Hegseth why Congress hadn’t been asked for authorization. Hegseth, in response, acknowledged the “long-standing legal debate on this particular topic” but insisted that the Department of Defense shares “the position of the White House, that we have all the authorities necessary at this moment.”
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