00:01A Republican lawmaker has made a move to impeach U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegzef over the war in Iran,
00:08triggering a vote in the House of Representatives as early as Wednesday.
00:13Congressman Thomas Massey has submitted eight articles of impeachment,
00:18accusing Hegzef of abusing his powers and illegally waging war on Iran.
00:23The reality is we're not indicting him for being bad at his job.
00:27In fact, he was very effective at killing schoolchildren in Iran.
00:32He was very effective at extrajudicial killings.
00:36There's no argument in these impeachment articles that he's ineffective.
00:39The argument here is that he's broken laws and he's violated the Constitution.
00:45Although impeachment would be a humiliating blow to the Trump administration,
00:50Trump continued to back Hegzef on Monday.
00:54We won two wars. He was in charge. We all won. I had great people.
00:59Even if Hegzef is impeached, he would not automatically be removed from office,
01:04as conviction and removal would require a two-thirds majority in the Senate,
01:09a much tougher hurdle even after Democrats take control on January 3rd.
