🔻 Trump renews support for Hegset after the filing of an impeachment proposal

Donald Trump again backed his defense secretary, Pete Hegset, while one of the Republican representatives in Congress has introduced an impeachment proposal against him, accusing him of starting wars in Iran and other places without obtaining authorization from Congress.

Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said that despite the impeachment effort against his defense secretary, he supports him because he “has won in two wars,” and that the army’s soldiers also like him.

Thomas Massey, a member of the House of Representatives, said during the presentation of the impeachment proposal: “By participating in hostilities in Iran for more than 90 days without congressional authorization, Secretary Hegset has violated the law and must be held accountable.”

At present, there are 218 Republicans and 214 Democrats in the House of Representatives. While for the adoption of impeachment articles in the House a simple majority is sufficient, the Senate requires a two-thirds vote of its members to convict the person being impeached; a threshold that is difficult to reach in the current congressional term.