After the Republicans' defeat in the US midterm elections, impeachment of Defense Secretary Hegseth is being discussed

Hegset faces impeachment after the elections

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth may become the scapegoatafter the Republican Party's defeat in the midterm congressional elections, despite President Donald Trump's support. This is reported by CNN, whose data is cited by Gazeta.Ru. According to the channel, the House of Representatives may vote to impeach the head of the Pentagon as early as next week.

What the secretary is accused of

In the view of Republicans, it was Hegseth who persuaded Trump to start the war in Iran without thinking through an exit strategy in advance and without developing a plan to cope with the political consequences. CNN sources within the Republican Party said:

If the president is serious about someone taking responsibility for this, then it's Pete Hegseth

, and also that

Pete was either dishonest or incompetent from the very beginning — neither is acceptable when it comes to timelines, goals and objectives

. Massie's initiativeThe intention to bring the impeachment question to a vote was voiced by House member, Republican Thomas Massie. He plans to do so next week, when Congress resumes its work. On his page on the social network X, Massie wrote that Hegseth will avoid impeachment in only one case — if he resigns himself.