Hegseth calls Republican’s bid to impeach him a ‘stunt’ by critics of Trump

What happened

According to The Guardian’s source item, Hegseth calls Republican’s bid to impeach him a ‘stunt’ by critics of Trump, Thomas Massie has accused US defense secretary of illegally waging war without congressional authorization and abusing his powers What to know about impeachment amid effort to oust US defense secretary Pete Hegseth Pete Hegseth has dismissed a bid to impeach him as a “political spectacle”, accusing the Republican lawmaker who moved to force a vote of trying to stage a “show trial”. At a press conference on Tuesday, the US defense secretary – accused of illegally waging war without congressional authorization, and abusing his powers – claimed he was simply being pursued by political opponents of Donald Trump . Continue reading…

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