Hegseth on the defense during Pentagon briefing as possible impeachment looms
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[0:00] Republican Congressman Thomas Massie
[0:01] says the House will vote today in his
[0:03] first attempt to impeach defense
[0:04] secretary Pete Hgse. The impeachment
[0:07] accuses Hegathth of constitutional
[0:09] violations and unauthorized military
[0:11] actions in the Iran war and capture of
[0:13] the ousted Venezuelan President Nicholas
[0:15] Maduro among other actions. The first
[0:18] vote will be on a procedural motion on
[0:19] whether to advance or kill that
[0:21] resolution. Moments ago, the secretary
[0:23] addressed the impeachment articles
[0:25] calling them quote a farce. What one
[0:28] disgruntled and defeated congressman is
[0:30] attempting is not oversight and it's not
[0:34] accountability. It's a political
[0:36] spectacle, a personal manifesto driven
[0:39] by ego and resentment. Time for one
[0:42] man's final days in Congress to try to
[0:44] do damage to this president, this
[0:47] country, and most irresponsibly
[0:50] the warriors who defend it. It's a farce
[0:54] and it's a stunt.
[0:56] All right, let's bring in CBS News
[0:58] Pentagon reporter and producer Ellie
[1:00] Watson. So, uh, Ellie, uh, the defense
[1:02] secretary says that he's done nothing
[1:04] wrong. He says that this is a farce. He
[1:06] says he's the first secretary of defense
[1:07] to ever be impeached for winning. Uh,
[1:10] what did you make, uh, of the comments?
[1:12] He took a lot of reporters questions,
[1:14] but mostly from friendly news s