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Pete Hegseth Accused Of “High Crimes And Misdemeanors”

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Society & Culture

3.5697 Ratings

🗓️ 16 April 2026

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

House Democrats have filed six articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.  The lawmakers make serious allegations against Hegseth for his handling of the war in Iran and his leadership choices. The resolution says Hegseth violated the law of armed conflict and targeted civilians, and claims the defense secretary abused his power and politicized our armed forces. 

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0:00.0

This is an I-Heart podcast.

0:02.6

Guaranteed Human.

0:06.0

Hey there, folks.

0:07.1

It is Thursday, April 16th, and the Defense Secretary, Pete Hexed, is being accused of high crimes and misdemeanors.

0:16.0

And an effort is underway to remove him from his position as defense secretary.

0:22.2

And it's an absolute waste of everybody's time.

0:27.1

And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ.

0:29.6

I mean, I guess they could be doing this ropes for symbolic reasons.

0:34.1

Yes, the headlines all seem very scary and historic. And then when you start reading into exactly what's going on in Congress and how some folks are choosing to spend their time, it is fascinating. And look, they're getting headlines. They're getting attention. They're getting news articles written. They're getting people

0:54.5

to look at Pete Hexeth and his conduct as defense secretary. Tell me what the value is in that.

1:00.4

The guy that we see every single day, that we see executing this war, that we see through,

1:05.0

he is a very high profile, right? Visible member of this cabinet. He even has a press conference

1:09.8

today. He's going to be updating folks on the war in Iran.

1:14.2

Okay.

1:15.1

So doing this now, what?

1:19.3

No, really, what are they trying to do other than build up their own war chest, getting ready for midterm, get some headlines, get some attention.

1:29.0

I'm saying I'm trying to find Robs and actual the real value in doing this.

1:34.5

I guess the value is to take a stand.

1:36.5

I like your side though.

1:37.3

To make it public.

1:38.3

Yes, no, I hear you.

1:39.2

But in terms of it actually being actionable this year, there's not a snowball's chance in hell that this is going

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