The House of Representatives sends the resolution back to committee, giving the Secretary of War some breathing space before a Democratic Congress arrives in January.
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After their defeat in the midterm elections on November 3, the Republicans still retain the majority in Congress until the newly elected officials are sworn in in January. Pete Hegseth is accused of breaking the law on several occasions, notably in his handling of the war against Iran.
In the United States, Pete Hegseth will be able to breathe politically, at least for a few months. The impeachment procedure against him was nipped in the bud on Tuesday by Republican deputies, who offered valuable respite to the head of the Pentagon before the installation of a Congress with a Democratic majority in January.
Republican elected officials voted to send this resolution back to committee, thus allowing any vote against the Secretary of War shaken by repeated controversies to be postponed indefinitely. Donald Trump quickly welcomed this outcome and renewed his support for his minister, a “great patriot” according to him.
A procedure launched by a Republican
After their crushing defeat in the mid-term elections, the Republicans still have a majority in Congress until the newly elected officials are sworn in in January. On that date, the Democrats could decide to resurrect this impeachment procedure against Pete Hegseth, accused of having broken the law on several occasions, notably in his management of the war against Iran.
“TOTAL VICTORY!” », reacted on social networks the Pentagon spokesperson after the vote in the House, considering that this attempt at “impeachment” was “unfounded”. The main person concerned had earlier described this procedure against him launched Monday in Congress by Thomas Massie, Republican deputy at the end of his mandate and accustomed to criticism of Donald Trump, as “political staging”.
Pete Hegseth, very warlike head of the Pentagon, has been marginalized since the Republican rout in the midterms on November 3, Donald Trump and his vice-president J.D. Vance having pointed to the offensive against Tehran as the reason for their electoral slap. Even before the text was rejected, the Republican president had ardently supported it. “Pete Hegseth deserves an A PLUS MORE PLUS,” reacted the tenant of the White House.
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Democrats could resurrect impeachment proceedings against Pete Hegseth in January.
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American deputies voted Tuesday to send back to committee a resolution aimed at indicting Defense Minister Pete Hegseth, in effect torpedoing this impeachment procedure which could have resulted in his dismissal. The resolution won't come up for a vote this week, but Democrats could resurrect it in January, when they regain the majority in Congress. Donald Trump rejoiced at this failure, calling the procedure a lamentable failure and hailing his minister as a great patriot. Hegseth called the proceedings a political set-up, a farce and a media stunt.
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