US House begins vote on motion to advance impeachment of Pete Hegseth

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A Câmara baixa do Congresso dos EUA votou a favor de uma moção para encaminhar as acusações de impeachment ao Comitê de Justiça da Câmara, liderado pelos republicanos, em uma votação procedural na terça‑feira, efetivamente matando um esforço para remover Hegseth de sua posição liderado pelo representante republicano Thomas Massie.

That push also won support from Democratic representatives, setting up a test of whether Republican lawmakers would break with the Trump administration and distance themselves from the unpopular war after a rebuke at the polls.

Regardless of the outcome of Tuesday’s vote, an impeachment conviction in the US Senate, where it would require a two-thirds vote and Republicans have a 53-seat majority, was seen as unlikely.

Massie’s resolution includes eight separate articles of impeachment, accusing the combative Pentagon chief of launching an illegal war against Iran without congressional approval and overseeing a campaign of strikes targeting alleged drug trafficking vessels that legal scholars say are extrajudicial killings.

Hegseth denunciou a resolução como “sabotagem” e uma “farsa”, enquanto o Presidente dos EUA, Donald Trump, e membros proeminentes de sua administração expressaram seu apoio contínuo a ele.

Speculation about Hegseth’s position within the administration has circulated as polls suggest that voters partly blame the war for surging prices of goods such as gasoline and groceries, and has grown stronger after Republicans faced punishing losses in the midterm elections.