Jeffries and Massie take questions after new impeachment articles introduced against Hegseth
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[0:01] Hi, I'm Lindsay Riser. Let's bring you
[0:03] live to Washington. Congressman Hakeem
[0:04] Jeff, who's likely to be the next
[0:06] speaker of the House, is holding a press
[0:07] conference following remarks he made to
[0:09] our colleagues at CBS Mornings today
[0:11] about his plans to deal with alleged
[0:12] corruption in this administration when
[0:14] the new Congress is sworn in next year.
[0:17] >> We're going to follow the facts. We're
[0:18] going to apply the law. We're going to
[0:19] be guided by the Constitution. And we're
[0:22] going to let the chips fall where they
[0:23] may. And I'm very confident that that is
[0:25] the process that will be undertaken by
[0:28] Jamie Rasin and House committee
[0:32] uh Democrats on the judiciary committee
[0:35] as well as Robert Garcia and House
[0:38] Democrats on the oversight committee.
[0:40] With respect to the situation
[0:43] with Pete Hex, the so-called Secretary
[0:45] of Defense is clear as day. He's been a
[0:48] failure and a disaster for the American
[0:52] people. He shredded the law and the
[0:55] constitution with impunity and there is
[0:59] no circumstance that justifies Pete
[1:02] Hexath continuing to hold this position.
[1:06] This resolution is brought by a
[1:08] Republican member of Congress and it's
[1:10] my expectation that there will be
[1:13] Republican members of Congress who will
[1:16] join in the effort to try to pass the
[1:20] resolution. But he was following the
[1:22] orders of the commander-in-chief.
[1:26] So why didn't why wouldn't he just get
[1:29] the same way?
[1:30] >> I have made clear
[1:33] since the spring of 2025
[1:36] that Pete Hegath,
[1:40] the most unqualified Secretary of
[1:43] Defense
[1:44] in American history, has got to go. In
[1:48] my view, as I