Veytics Intelligence
2026-11-05 · Aljazeera

‘Knives out’: Will Congress impeach Pete Hegseth after GOP midterms loss?

The Republican Party’s stunning defeat in the United States midterm elections on Tuesday has prompted calls from within the Trump administration and from its critics for accountability over a focus of voter discontent: the US-Israel war on Iran. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appears to have emerged as a central target of those demands since the Democrats’ sweeping victory , in which they won control of both chambers of Congress. Some Republican lawmakers and other critics have argued that the Pentagon chief played a leading role in convincing US President Donald Trump to attack Iran with no exit strategy.

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