The impeachment case against the US Defense Minister was shelved in the House of Representatives.
Xinhua News Agency, New York, November 10 (Reporter Liu Yanen) In a procedural vote in the US House of Representatives later on the 10th, 211 federal representatives voted to refer the decision to impeach Defense Secretary Hesseth to the House Judiciary Committee for further investigation, while 204 voted against the federal. The U.S. media believes that the aforementioned vote results effectively delay impeachment efforts for the years of this Congress.
US media reported that the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives can choose to consider the impeachment decision, but is not obligated to accept it. Without further action, the resolution is unlikely to move forward before the end of this Congress.
Republican Congressman Thomas Macy formally proposed impeachment against Hesseth in the House of Representatives on the 9th, detailing a total of eight charges, including launching military operations against Iran without congressional approval. According to reports in the American media, in the vote on the 10th, apart from Messi, no other Republican congressman supported the advancement of the impeachment process.
The White House Executive Office of the President issued a statement early on the 10th, expressing "strong opposition" to the push by members of Congress to impeach Gasth.
After the end of the vote conducted in the House of Representatives, US President Trump announced on social networks on the evening of the 10th that the impeachment of the Democratic Party against Hesseth "failed miserably". He also accused Democrats of using impeachment as a political weapon.
According to speculation in the American media, after the new members of Congress take office in January of next year, the Democrats may push for the impeachment of Gessett.