Washington/New Delhi: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday called moves to impeach him over abuse of power in the Iran war a farce that would fail. Hegseth made the comment at a news conference a day after US Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, introduced eight articles of impeachment against him.
Hegseth says impeachment effort is 'all politics'
In his first Pentagon news conference since May, Hegseth said attempts to impeach US President Donald Trump had failed and added: "They will fail again." "This is not patriotism. This is sabotage," he said. Referring to the Iran war, he said: "I stand beside every one of these operations. I was proud to execute them, and I would do it again tomorrow."
"These resolutions are a farce, they mock the Constitution, they attack the chain of command, and they criminalise the warfighters who execute lawful orders," Hegseth continued. "So to the troops, as I've said before, don't blink. Ignore the noise. Never hesitate. This is all politics."
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