House GOP leaders block Massie's Hegseth impeachment push
Rep. Thomas Massie introduced a privileged resolution to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, meaning it had to be considered by the full House.
TL;DR
- House GOP leaders prevented an impeachment vote against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
- A vote to refer Rep. Thomas Massie's impeachment resolution to committee passed 211-204.
- President Donald Trump celebrated the failed impeachment effort, calling it an 'EXONERATION of a Great American Patriot.'
- Massie's resolution included eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth.
- Hegseth criticized the impeachment effort as a 'political spectacle' and a 'personal manifesto.'
- All Democrats supported moving forward with impeachment, while all Republicans except Massie voted to kill the resolution.