Republican congressman to force impeachment vote on Defence Secretary Hegseth
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According to BBC News, the effort will likely fail, but Representative Thomas Massie wants to push Trump to fire Hegseth before Democrats can launch their own impeachment process.
France 24 reported that Kentucky congressman Thomas Massie moved on Monday to force a vote in the House of Representatives to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, putting pressure on his fellow Republicans to decide whether to remove one of the Trump administration’s most prominent figures following the party's crushing defeat in midterm elections.
According to Al Jazeera, Outgoing Republican lawmaker Thomas Massie calls on Congress to oust Hegseth over accusations of unlawful orders.
This brief draws on reporting by BBC News, France 24 and Al Jazeera.
Context
The report, filed in our World section, was first published by BBC News on Monday, November 9 and concerns Kentucky and the United States.
Background
Kentucky: Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the northeast, Virginia to the east, Tennessee to the south, and Missouri to the west.
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