Pete Hegseth appears to be living on borrowed time as the Secretary of Defense. Rep. Thomas Massie filed articles of impeachment that were headed for a vote on the House floor until Speaker Mike Johnson shut down the House to avoid what would have looked like a vote to impeach the president’s Secretary of Defense.
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House Democrats haven’t made up their minds on impeaching Trump. Democrats at all levels agree that Trump’s corruption needs to be investigated by the House, but whether or not that results in a new impeachment will be determined by the evidence, and maybe by whether or not Democrats win control of the Senate, because some House Democrats have no appetite for sending another Trump impeachment to a Republican Senate majority to die.
Democrats have changed tactics and made it very clear that they are open to impeaching members of Trump’s cabinet.
Impeachment threats caused Trump to fire Kristi Noem, and Pam Bondi, so House Democrats intend to turn up the pressure if they win the House majority in less than two months.
