Washington, November 11 (QNA) - The US House of Representatives has moved to shelve an impeachment bid against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, referring the resolution to a Republican-led committee and effectively halting the effort to remove him from office.
The House voted 211-204 to send the impeachment resolution, introduced by Republican Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky, to the House Judiciary Committee. The procedural move effectively killed the measure in the current Congress, blocking an immediate vote on whether to advance articles of impeachment against Hegseth.
Massie was the only Republican to oppose the referral, while Democrats backed his effort to bring the impeachment resolution to the floor. The eight articles of impeachment accuse Hegseth of, among other things, waging war against Iran without congressional authorization and violating laws intended to protect civilians.
The vote came a week after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections. US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have attributed the Republican losses in large part to voter discontent over the war in Iran and its impact on prices. (QNA)