"High Crimes And Misdemeanors": Massie Forces House Vote To Impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Posted by freedomforall 8 hours, 41 minutes ago to Government
Excerpt:
"Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday introduced privileged articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, accusing him of waging an unauthorized war in Iran, ignoring a congressional directive to end it, conducting extrajudicial killings at sea, retaliating against a U.S. senator, seizing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro without legal authority, and launching unauthorized operations in Yemen.
Massie read the resolution on the House floor for more than an hour, pushing the day's first vote series to 4 p.m. and a later series to 9:30 p.m., and filed it as a privileged measure, which under House rules requires a vote within two legislative days. Politico reports the resolution's nature forces a vote this week, the House's last before it leaves for the midterms. Republicans can table the resolution. In a GOP-controlled House, it is widely expected to fail."
"Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) on Tuesday introduced privileged articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, accusing him of waging an unauthorized war in Iran, ignoring a congressional directive to end it, conducting extrajudicial killings at sea, retaliating against a U.S. senator, seizing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro without legal authority, and launching unauthorized operations in Yemen.
Massie read the resolution on the House floor for more than an hour, pushing the day's first vote series to 4 p.m. and a later series to 9:30 p.m., and filed it as a privileged measure, which under House rules requires a vote within two legislative days. Politico reports the resolution's nature forces a vote this week, the House's last before it leaves for the midterms. Republicans can table the resolution. In a GOP-controlled House, it is widely expected to fail."
