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Let's talk about Impeaching Hegseth....

Belle of the Ranch

Belle of the Ranch

Society & Culture

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Let's talk about Impeaching Hegseth....

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0:00.0

Well, howdy there, internet people it spell again.

0:05.0

So today, we're going to talk about impeaching Heggseth.

0:11.0

Articles of impeachment were filed against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegeseth.

0:16.0

What we're going to do is go over the various articles and talk about the legal and political realities of each.

0:24.5

Some of these are incredibly serious, some not so much.

0:29.1

But there's another issue, perhaps a bigger issue, beyond what's just contained in the articles.

0:35.6

And we'll go over that at the end.

0:38.5

Okay.

0:39.3

So to start off, we have Article 1.

0:42.2

Unauthorized war against Iran and reckless endangerment of U.S. service members.

0:48.6

Okay.

0:49.4

The overwhelming majority of this article deals with seeking permission from Congress.

0:56.3

That's really more on Trump than Hegeseth. However, Section 3 says, quote, he has authorized, supported, and advanced

1:04.1

military operations, lacking to find objectives, lawful authorization, or clear strategic necessity, knowingly exposing members of

1:14.3

the armed forces of the United States to substantial and foreseeable risk of injury or death.

1:22.4

We've talked about this repeatedly on the channel. There is no plan here. There is no strategy here.

1:29.9

And our forces have paid the price. Whether or not that's impeachable is up to Congress.

1:36.9

Article 2. Violations of the law of armed conflict and targeting of civilians.

1:44.0

I want to be crystal clear here.

1:46.0

That's war crimes.

1:48.0

The articles allege war crimes, plural.

1:52.0

This is one that carries ramifications

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