SAEDNEWS: US Lawmakers’ Bid to Impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth Over Iran War Fails
According to Saednews, A majority of members of the US House of Representatives voted to refer the impeachment articles to a committee, effectively halting the initiative introduced by Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, at least for the time being, BBC reported.
The attempt to find the cabinet secretary guilty of misconduct and ultimately remove him from office was considered unlikely to succeed, as it would have required several Republicans to break ranks with President Donald Trump.
Massie was the only Republican who voted against referring the resolution to the Republican-controlled House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday.
The resolution was defeated by a vote of 211 to 204, with more than a dozen lawmakers, including 11 Democrats, absent from the vote.
Referring the measure to the committee effectively brings the impeachment effort to a halt, as little time remains in the current congressional session before Democrats take control in January.
