Pete Hegseth Impeachment Speech Transcript: Read Full Text

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth held a rare press conference on Tuesday morning as he faced the prospect of impeachment, delivering an uncompromising and combative speech in defense of his record while excoriating his political opponents. “What one disgruntled and defeated congressman is attempting is not oversight, and it’s not accountability. It’s a political spectacle, a personal manifesto driven by ego and resentment. Time for one man’s final days in Congress to try to do damage to this president; this country; and most irresponsibly, the warriors who defend it. It’s a farce, and it’s a stunt, and everybody knows it,”…