Democrats are calling for the investigation and impeachment of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. On today’s episode of The Editors, Rich asks Charlie whether Congress has a case for it.
“If the House of Representatives . . . believes that the United States military has proceeded in ways that constitute high crimes and misdemeanors, those . . . have to attach to Donald Trump, not to his subordinate.
“Now, should it go after Trump? . . . Probably not. Why? Because the sins of the Trump administration in this realm are real, but they’re not unique. Congress should . . . be in charge of war-making. That Trump launched this war in the middle of the night and declined to explain it is bad for the republic, both constitutionally and spiritually. But Trump has not done anything here that wasn’t also done in similar ways by Barack Obama, by Bill Clinton, by Ronald Reagan and more.
“What Congress should do is get together and work out how it can restore its authority in this realm.”
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