She promised that next week she would introduce motions to impeach Hegseth for “repeated violations of his oath and duty to the Constitution.”
Ansari believes the Pentagon chief is “recklessly endangering the lives of US military personnel” and committing “systematic war crimes.”
Polls show Hegseth among the least popular cabinet members, and the mounting costs of the Iran conflict are further eroding his reputation, Axios points out.
Ansari, who is Iranian-American, also called on the White House to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from power over his “crazy remarks” about the war. She referred to his Easter post in Truth Social addressed to Iranian authorities. Using obscene language, he demanded the opening of the Strait of Hormuz and promised that they “will burn in hell.”
With Republicans in control of both houses of Congress, Ansari's impeachment motion likely won't get the two-thirds vote needed for impeachment, journalists say. There is also no real chance that Trump's cabinet, staffed by his supporters, will invoke the 25th Amendment, the article says.
