Pete Hegseth spared as House GOP shelves impeachment articles
The Pentagon chief was accused of unlawfully waging a war with Iran, among other illegal wartime actions
Pete Hegseth has been spared from impeachment — for now — after House Republicans blocked a procedural hurdle that would have led to a vote on the accusations against the Pentagon chief.
Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky filed articles of impeachment against Hegseth Monday, accusing him of unlawfully waging war in Iran and Yemen, capturing former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and striking suspected drug trafficking boats.
The articles first had to pass a procedural vote, but with Republicans still in control of the House until the next Congress is convened in January, the measure failed to advance Tuesday.
The House voted 211-204 to refer the articles to the Judiciary Committee, essentially killing the effort.
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