️🇺🇸 WaPo: U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is facing charges of blitz: federal law after he used Pentagon staff and taxpayer-funded resources to produce a political video attacking Democrats, praising Donald Trump and defending the Iran war.
Hesset's office confirmed that Defense Department employees produced the video but declined to disclose its cost or whether it had passed legal and ethical reviews. Government watchdogs say the production may have violated federal restrictions on partisan political activity, government-sponsored propaganda and lobbying.
Republican Senator Tom Tillis also criticized the move and said:
"Cabinet secretaries should not waste taxpayer money on campaign-style videos."
Heseth is separately facing an impeachment effort led by Republican Congressman Thomas Massey.