Continuing his comments on articles of impeachment filed against him, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stresses that military campaigns under his oversight have been “lawful”.
“Make no mistake about what is happening. This is not about me; politicians in Washington have accused the sailors and pilots who struck narco-terrorist boats of war crimes for doing their job. Senators, in cute videos, have suggested the same,” he tells a press conference.
“This resolution is the next step: put the secretary on trial today and the men and women who carried out those orders tomorrow,” he adds. If they want to come for the warriors, they’re going to have to come through me.
He emphasises that every one of the campaigns in Iran, Yemen and Venezuela was “a lawful operation ordered by the Commander-in-Chief, then ordered by myself, notified to Congress and executed by American warriors who did their jobs”.
