The House has voted 211 to 204 to refer the articles of impeachment filed against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to committee, effectively killing the impeachment effort spearheaded by Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky.

Tuesday’s vote short-circuits any potential floor vote on the articles of impeachment, and virtually guarantees the measure will not be taken up before the current session of Congress expires.

The vote provided a surprise reprieve for President Trump’s embattled Defense Secretary, who was facing an impeachment vote by the full House as early as Wednesday.

Massie reintroduced the articles of impeachment on Monday, accusing Hegseth of high crimes and misdemeanors in connection to the war with Iran and U.S. strikes against Iran and on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean Sea and Eastern Pacific Ocean.

  • Taldan
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    3 hours ago

    I don’t think you even understand what’s going on

    The vote didn’t really matter. It’s political theater just to get Republicans on record protecting Hegseth

    It was always guaranteed to fail, just expected to do so in the senate, rather than the house

    The failure in the house was an unforced error, because a lot of house members didn’t particularly value getting there to vote, since they understood it was theater