Pentagon chief Hegseth calls moves to impeach him a farce that will fail

​US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ​on Tuesday called ‌moves to ​impeach him over abuse of power in the Iran war a ‌farce that would fail.

Hegseth made the comment at a news conference a day after US Representative Thomas Massie, ‌a Kentucky Republican, introduced eight articles of impeachment against ‌him. In his first Pentagon news conference since May, Hegseth said attempts to impeach President Donald Trump had failed and added: "They will ⁠fail again."

"This ​is not ⁠patriotism. This is sabotage," he said. Referring to the Iran war, ⁠he said: "I stand beside every one of these operations. I ​was proud to execute them, and I would do ⁠it again tomorrow."

In a post on X, Massie said ⁠the ​House would hold a first vote on Tuesday on a procedural motion to kill the resolution. "If ⁠we can overcome that effort, we will proceed to a ⁠real debate ⁠and vote on the Articles of Impeachment," he said.