# Top House Democrat says he is ‘a hard yes’ on impeaching Hegseth

https://mins.news/en/video/135040

- BBC News, 2026-11-09 05:27 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXCWxTmEAOE

> Hakeem Jeffries, widely expected to become the next US House speaker, said he firmly supports impeaching Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth. Jeffries accused Hegseth of abusing his power, undermining national security and engineering a reckless, costly war of choice in Iran.

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