00:00Impeaching Peter Brian Hegseth, Secretary of Defense for High Crimes and Misdemeanors.
00:06The constitutional powers of the President as Commander-in-Chief to introduce United
00:10States Armed Forces into hostilities or into situations where imminent involvement in
00:15hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances are exercised only pursuant to, one, a declaration
00:22of war, two, specific statutory authorization, or three, a national emergency created by
00:29attack upon the United States, its territories, or possessions, or its armed forces.
00:34With respect to United States Armed Forces being entered into hostilities in the Islamic
00:39Republic of Iran on February 28, 2026, Secretary Hegseth directed and caused United States Armed
00:47Forces to be introduced into hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran, notwithstanding
00:52that, one, Congress had not declared war against the Islamic Republic of Iran, two,
00:58Congress had not enacted any specific statutory authorization for the introduction of United
01:04States Armed Forces into hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran, and three, no
01:10national emergency had been created by an attack by the Islamic Republic of Iran upon the United
01:16United States, its territories, or possessions, or its armed forces.
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