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Political figure critiques Defense Secretary and calls for accountability

Political figure critiques Defense Secretary and calls for accountability

From Meet the Press

1h ago
military accountabilitypolitical discussionimpeachment debatecorruption allegationsCongress
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Defense Secretary, at the President's direction, are blowing up fishing boats in the middle of oceans. There has been no accountability for that. There have been no oversight hearings about that. There's been no real questioning about why that's happening. It is critically important that Secretary Hegseth answer those questions, that anyone in the White House that was part of the chain of command to order those strikes, answers for for it. And that ultimately it's not just about the headlines that come out of it, but real accountability for how our military is conducting itself. Again, I don't want to suggest that's the most or the only thing, most important or the only thing we need to do when it comes to accountability. But it's one example of the serious approach we've got to take to ensuring accountability. Do you think Secretary Hegseth should be impeached? Is that accountability? I mean, look, that's a question for Congress to determine. But there has to be real questions asked. There has to be real accountability. I would just tell you from my perspective, he is completely incompetent. He's like an eight year old playing with toy soldiers every day. He is someone who I think is making America less safe. And there has to be real accountability. If the Congress determines that the best approach is impeachment, then they'll do that. It does seem, and you're closer to this than I am, it does seem that there is a growing consensus amongst not just Democrats but Republicans as well, in the current Congress, not even the new Congress, that his time as Defense Secretary should be up. Well, there's of course a robust discussion within the Democratic Party about potentially impeaching President Trump. Do you believe that President Trump has committed impeachable offenses in his second term? So again, I think there has to be real accountability. We've just spent few moments talking about that and it will be up to the Congress to determine, since that is a political tool of Congress, whether they want to go down that path. Here's what I will say. Over the last hundred years, one of the worst decisions ever by the Supreme Court of the United States has been to grant to the President absolute and total immunity for any crimes he may commit. It is clear that this President is corrupt, Kristen. He's put $2 billion in his pocket during his time as president. That's $2 billion that has come out of our pockets. It's $2 billion that has led him to not regulating AI. It's $2 billion that is.
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