Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth fended off an impeachment effort Tuesday evening in the House, after GOP votes helped to kill the effort to punish him for his actions as President Donald Trump's Pentagon chief. It spared him a potentially damaging vote after the Republicans suffered heavy losses in last week's midterm elections.
\n\nRepublican leaders and White House officials worked behind the scenes to derail the initiative, brought by Republican Congressman Thomas Massie, a vocal critic of President Donald Trump, multiple sources told CNN.
\n\nOn Tuesday, enough Republicans backed the leadership's efforts to prevent the impeachment measure from reaching a vote on the House floor. Instead, lawmakers voted 211-204 to refer the charges to a committee, effectively allowing the process to be stalled indefinitely.
\n\nOnly one Republican, Massie, voted with Democrats against referring the measure to the committee.
\n\nReacting to the vote, Trump wrote on Truth Social: "The Democrats' attempt to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has miserably FAILED! Every single Republican, except Thomas Massie, a major LOSER, voted in favor of Pete. Again, Victories in Venezuela and Iran, the Best Recruitment Numbers in the History of the Military (Long waiting lists to get in!), and Spirit like rarely seen…
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