Defiant Hegseth Declares “This Is Sabotage”

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth declared, “This is sabotage!” after Rep. Thomas Massie (KY-4) introduced eight articles of impeachment against him, primarily for his handling of the Iran war. Over the weekend, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries said the House would push forward with impeachment. In response, President Donald Trump defended Hegseth’s military leadership in a Truth Social post.

As reported by Fox News:

War Secretary Pete Hegseth, facing eight articles of impeachment in a privileged House resolution, remains defiant amid kinetic war and political warfare.

Hegseth said he stood behind military operations in Iran, Venezuela and Yemen, describing them as lawful.

“What one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not oversight, it’s not accountability. It’s a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment,” Hegseth said in a Tuesday morning conference. “Time for one man’s final days in Congress to try to do damage to this president, this country and most irresponsibly, the warriors who defend it.”

“It’s a farce, and it’s a stunt, and everybody knows it.”

It seems soon-to-be former Republican Congressman Massie decided to take a big stand on his way out the door. But rather than filing articles of impeachment against President Trump, he filed eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth.

The first article cites the war with Iran, accusing Hegseth of waging war in contravention of the War Powers Resolution of 1973, Section 2C.

In recent years, it feels like impeachment proceedings have come to mean “we don’t like you, we don’t like what you’re doing, and we don’t want to work with you, so we’re just going to try to throw you out of office.”

Of course it doesn’t make the process any easier, especially now that we’ve had such a drastic shift in the House and Senate. We do know the far Left hasn’t necessarily hit that threshold to actually remove someone or to break the filibuster, but it could still be a painful experience that will waste time and resources and impede any real work from getting accomplished on behalf of the American people.

President Trump did take to social media and released his own statement in support of Hegseth, posting:

Pete Hegseth gets an “A” PLUS, PLUS, PLUS for his defense against a disgruntled, angry, defeated, former Congressman, Thomas Massie, a TOTAL LOSER!

Just this past weekend, President Trump spoke of potential changes taking place within his Administration, but that statement of support seems to indicate he’s not planning on removing Hegseth anytime soon. Of course, what may have also protected Hegseth’s job could be pure defiance of Massie and the far Left who support the move to impeach. President Trump has never been one who kowtows to his enemies – especially not at the expense of a loyal Cabinet member.

Today’s Sekulow broadcast included more discussion of outgoing Congressman Thomas Massie’s articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. We were also joined by the head of ACLJ Jerusalem, Jeff Ballabon, to discuss the President appointing Stephen Miller as White House Chief of Staff. 

Watch the full broadcast below: