Hakeem Jeffries, representative of New York and the main choice for the presidency of the US House of Representatives after the Democrats took control of the Congress in January, announced that he "strongly supports the impeachment of Pete Hegst, the US Secretary of Defense".
On Sunday, Mr. Jeffries said in an interview with ABC's "This Week" program, "He abused his power, weakened our national security, and started this self-demanding, merciless and expensive war with Iran."
Thomas Massey, the Republican representative of the Congress who is leaving this position and is one of the opponents of Donald Trump, the President of the United States of America, said that he plans to present the impeachment resolution of the Guest on Monday - November 9 - as soon as possible.
In a statement to the BBC, the Pentagon announced that it had acted in accordance with the law and that Hogst would not withdraw from "fake investigations".
The US Congress will resume its activities this week after the decisive victory of the Democrats in the mid-term elections.
Reuters