On the House floor, Thomas Massie reads the impeachment articles against Hegseth. They allege that about 45 minutes after one boat strike, a second strike was ordered and killed two survivors clinging to the wreckage. They also allege that after a Dec. 30, 2025 strike in the eastern Pacific, rescue assets arrived about 45 hours later, after all eight shipwrecked survivors had died at sea.
The receipt
- Who
- Thomas Massie
- Where
- floor - US House, notice of privileged resolution to impeach Defense Secretary P
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- Length
- 59 seconds, unedited within the cut
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Read the transcript
The strike destroyed and capsized the vessel. Approximately 45 minutes later, while two survivors clung to the wreckage, a secondary strike was ordered, killing both survivors. In doing so, Secretary Hegseth has endangered members of our armed forces in future military engagements by encouraging adversaries to subject our American service members to the same treatment. And, on December 30, 2025, United States Southern Command attacked three vessels, approximately 400 nautical miles southwest of Ocos, Guatemala, in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three persons and leaving eight other shipwrecks. Although the campaign had been underway for approximately four months, no recovery assets had been prepositioned to rescue survivors. Rescuers. Rescue assets did not arrive until approximately 45 hours after the strikes, by which time all eight shipwrecked survivors had died at sea.
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