War Secretary Pete Hegseth defended the conflict with Iran, the extraction of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro, strikes on alleged narcoterrorist vessels, and other actions he has taken as leader of the U.S. military from Rep. Thomas Massie’s (R-KY) impeachment effort in a press conference Tuesday morning.
\n\nWith his parents and his brother seated in the audience among public affairs staffers and journalists in the Pentagon’s briefing room, Hegseth called Massie a “disgruntled and defeated congressman” and argued that his impeachment resolution “is not oversight, and it’s not accountability.”
\n\n“It’s a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment,” Hegseth said.
\n\nArguing that the outgoing Kentucky congressman’s effort is due to his own “personal animus” for President Donald Trump and his administration, the secretary went on to call the resolution “a farce — and it’s a stunt, and everybody knows it.”
\n\nMassie reintroduced his resolution with eight impeachment articles on Monday. The allegations listed against Hegseth include violations of the War Powers Resolution of 1973, free speech suppression, extrajudicial killings, and the “kidnapping of a sovereign foreign leader” — referring to Maduro.
\n\nAccording to Massie, Hegseth suppressed free speech when he “retaliate[d] against and intimidate[d] Senator Mark Kelly” for…
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