U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismissed the effort to impeach him as “political theater.” He made the remarks at the Pentagon’s first press conference in several months, a day after Republican Congressman Thomas Massie launched impeachment proceedings against him, introducing eight articles of impeachment. The Pentagon chief defended himself and compared his situation to past attempts to impeach Donald Trump.
During the press conference, Hegseth took questions only from “right-wing” publications and TV networks.
Moments after the conference ended, Donald Trump wrote on social media that Hegseth deserved an “A+++” for the way he defended himself against the attempt to remove him from office.
Hegseth argued that the impeachment proceedings against him were driven by “political differences, not crimes, not treason, not bribery, nor the kind of conduct the Founding Fathers had in mind when they included the constitutional provision for impeachment.”
He said he had led “lawful military operations” that had been “crowned with success,” and that no defense secretary had ever faced impeachment proceedings for such actions.
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