US House blocks bid to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, for now– www.bbc.co.uk
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An effort to impeach US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of waging war on Iran without congressional authorisation, has failed on Capitol Hill.
A majority of the House of Representatives voted to refer impeachment articles to a committee – essentially killing the effort introduced by dissident Republican congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, for now.
In his first news briefing from the Pentagon in six months, Hegseth called the impeachment effort a “farce” and “sabotage”.
The bid to find the cabinet secretary guilty of misconduct and ultimately remove him from office was seen as a long shot as it could have required a number of other Republicans to defy President Donald Trump.
However, that calculation could change in January when the Democratic Party assumes control of both chambers of Congress, following its successes in the US midterm elections. For now, Trump’s Republican Party remains in control.
After Tuesday’s vote, the most senior Democrat in the House, Hakeem Jeffries, said: “This is not the end of it. It’s just the beginning.”
