Can Pete Hegseth Be Impeach?

[MarathonMike]

Actually signaling a person without any security clearance, top secret war plans while the military is in harms way is clearly illegal. And if Hegseth "declassified" that material, which he has the power to do. Is clearly impeachable conduct.

BAHAHAHAHA! You mean like all those TOP SECRET classified FOLDERS scattered on Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago floor by the FBI?

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

Hegseth violated NOT only U.S. Military Law, BUT International Law. There is a cell at International Court just waiting for him.

True – Hegseth has committed war crimes by murdering innocent civilians and the survivors of his lawless attacks.

Unfortunately, Hegseth won’t be impeached, blind partisan House Republicans are just as reprehensible and wrong, refusing to confront Hegseth and his crimes.

 

[Meister]

Actually signaling a person without any security clearance, top secret war plans while the military is in harms way is clearly illegal. And if Hegseth "declassified" that material, which he has the power to do. Is clearly impeachable conduct.

I remember this story from early on. Signal has been used by other administrations also
with unclassified and classified material. Live and learn, and Hegseth will only get impeached
if democrats want to keep playing their political games. It's what the liberals do these days.

 

[White 6]

Wasn't that already debunked?

Nope.

 

[meaner gene]

Imagine Hegseth as Sec of Def during WWII.
Calling up a reporter before the Dolittle raid on Tokyo.

“TIME NOW (1144et): Weather is FAVORABLE. Just CONFIRMED w/CENTCOM we are a GO for mission launch.”

“1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package)”

“1345: ‘Trigger Based’ F-18 1st Strike Window Starts (Target Terrorist is @ his Known Location so SHOULD BE ON TIME – also, Strike Drones Launch (MQ-9s)

“1410: More F-18s LAUNCH (2nd strike package)”

“1415: Strike Drones on Target (THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP, pending earlier ‘Trigger Based’ targets)”

“1536 F-18 2nd Strike Starts – also, first sea-based Tomahawks launched.”
“MORE TO FOLLOW (per timeline)”
“We are currently clean on OPSEC"
“Godspeed to our Warriors.”
*OPSEC refers to operational security, which means ensuring safety and security of an operation is not violated ahead of its execution.

At 1:48 p.m., Waltz said: "VP. Building collapsed. Had multiple positive ID. Pete, Kurilla, the IC, amazing job.”

At 2 p.m., Waltz responded, “Typing too fast. The first target – their top missile guy – we had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building and it’s now collapsed.”

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Why?

He voted for Kumalla, he doesn't need a reason.

 

[meaner gene]

I remember this story from early on. Signal has been used by other administrations also
with unclassified and classified material. Live and learn, and Hegseth will only get impeached
if democrats want to keep playing their political games. It's what the liberals do these days.

When you find signal used "during" a top secret military action while we had troops in danger, sending out operational details, you might have a parallel, but nothing before has come anywhere close to this.
Sending out a top secret minute by minute play by play of a military strike in advance.

 

[Independent thinker]

In short, the Answer is YES.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2/ALDE_00000689/

Article II, Section 4:

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

The Constitution provides that [t]he President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States are subject to removal from office upon impeachment and conviction.<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2/ALDE_00000689/#ALDF_00013850">1</a> However, neither the text nor early historical sources precisely delineate who qualifies as a civil officer. For example, debates at the Constitutional Convention do not appear to reveal the scope of who may be impeached beyond the provision’s applicability to the President.<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2/ALDE_00000689/#ALDF_00013851">2</a> And while the Federalist Papers emphasized that the power of impeachment serves as a check on the Executive<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2/ALDE_00000689/#ALDF_00013852">3</a> and Judicial Branches,<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2/ALDE_00000689/#ALDF_00013853">4</a> they did not outline exactly what types of officials were considered to be civil officers.<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2/ALDE_00000689/#ALDF_00013854">5</a>

Hegseth violated NOT only U.S. Military Law, BUT International Law. There is a cell at International Court just waiting for him.

In short, no. Still, even if you're lucky, do you really expect the Senate to remove him?

 

[Blisterfinger]

Endangering the lives of service members by unauthorized use of an unsecured app.

The IG report was just released.

No classified information was shared

 

[Admiral Rockwell Tory]

Nope.

Only in your demented mind. Everyone else has moved on.

You think Republicans will vote with Democrats to impeach their own Sec of Defense? You either have lost all sense of reality, or you are doing some really good drugs! Which is it? Enquiring minds want to know what is going on in your head!

 

[meaner gene]

BAHAHAHAHA! You mean like all those TOP SECRET classified FOLDERS scattered on Donald Trump's Mar-A-Lago floor by the FBI?

You left out "stolen" top secret documents on the mar a lago floor

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

He voted for Kumalla, he doesn't need a reason.

I know. I just wanted to see how much more bullshit the dishonest hack could muster.

 

[meaner gene]

In short, no. Still, even if you're lucky, do you really expect the Senate to remove him?

Nobody expects the spineless republicans in the senate to convict anybody in the Trump administration, no matter what they do.
After all, the republicans confirmed Hegseth into a position he was wholly unqualified for.

 

[meaner gene]

Only in your demented mind. Everyone else has moved on.

You think Republicans will vote with Democrats to impeach their own Sec of Defense? You either have lost all sense of reality, or you are doing some really good drugs! Which is it? Enquiring minds want to know what is going on in your head!

They only need a few republicans more loyal to the country than to their party.

 

[meaner gene]

Like the Epstein vote.
If 5 of the 220 republicans in the house vote for the good of the country, then it's going to happen.

 

[Marener]

No classified information was shared

Do you know why the information wasn’t considered classified?

 

[MarcATL]

In short, the Answer is YES.

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2/ALDE_00000689/

Article II, Section 4:

The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

The Constitution provides that [t]he President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States are subject to removal from office upon impeachment and conviction.<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2/ALDE_00000689/#ALDF_00013850">1</a> However, neither the text nor early historical sources precisely delineate who qualifies as a civil officer. For example, debates at the Constitutional Convention do not appear to reveal the scope of who may be impeached beyond the provision’s applicability to the President.<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2/ALDE_00000689/#ALDF_00013851">2</a> And while the Federalist Papers emphasized that the power of impeachment serves as a check on the Executive<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2/ALDE_00000689/#ALDF_00013852">3</a> and Judicial Branches,<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2/ALDE_00000689/#ALDF_00013853">4</a> they did not outline exactly what types of officials were considered to be civil officers.<a href="https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S4-2/ALDE_00000689/#ALDF_00013854">5</a>

Hegseth violated NOT only U.S. Military Law, BUT International Law. There is a cell at International Court just waiting for him.

Yep, totally.

 

[22lcidw]

Endangering the lives of service members by unauthorized use of an unsecured app.

The IG report was just released.

The riots and insurrections you pushed in the cities with the added caveat of defunding the police mantra got people maimed and killed and destroyed lots of property. I propose that the people involved in these decisions if still in political power be impeached and sent to prison. If out of power sent to prison. The people you killed. For the real cult.

 

[Blisterfinger]

Do you know why the information wasn’t considered classified?

Why don't you tell me instead of playing stupid all the time. Or just give me a blah blah blah and concede the argument like you always do.

 

[meaner gene]

Do you know why the information wasn’t considered classified?

Because Pete said so.
But the IG in his report disagreed.