WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.150 Well, first, first I want to ask you about your attempt to impeach and remove Pete Hegseth. Can you tell me more about that and why you're 00:00:08.160 --> 00:00:17.390 choosing to do that today? >> Well, we've exhausted all the other remedies that I can think of. We passed a concurrent resolution in the House and the Senate. The White House is now 00:00:17.400 --> 00:00:27.150 saying we're just going to ignore that law. They've run past the 60-day clock in the War Powers Resolution of 1973. They said, "Oh, we're going to stop the war and restart it every time we get to 00:00:27.160 --> 00:00:37.150 the end of the clock." They have done everything possible to violate our our ability or to abrogate our 00:00:37.160 --> 00:00:46.950 authority to declare war and to decide when it starts and it ends. So, also, I don't want to let them normalize the things that they're doing. Peter Hegseth 00:00:46.960 --> 00:00:55.030 within the Department of Defense has turned off and the ability to make sure they don't target civilian 00:00:55.040 --> 00:01:03.070 objects. And so, that's why you saw at the very first day of the war, there was a a whole school of schoolgirls that got 00:01:03.080 --> 00:01:11.310 blown up. And that's a direct result of the culture and the policies that he's instituted at the Department of Defense. 00:01:11.320 --> 00:01:21.630 >> Do you expect votes to happen on Thursday or do you think that they will cancel votes? >> I think probably what they'll do is vote 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:31.310 on this and vote on a motion to table. That's probably what they'll do. I would try to persuade my colleagues not to vote to table the motion and that that 00:01:31.320 --> 00:01:41.230 isn't necessarily a show of support for the resolution. That maybe some of my colleagues will say, "Well, I don't support it now, but I think we should have a debate." And if and if I get to 00:01:41.240 --> 00:01:49.430 that point, I do expect they'll cancel Congress. But that won't get Peter Hegseth out of the news, so to speak. We come 00:01:49.440 --> 00:01:57.990 back after the election and it'll be the same members of Congress. >> Did you give leadership heads-up? >> I didn't give anybody heads-up because 00:01:58.000 --> 00:02:09.109 when they found out I was doing the Epstein discharge petition they canceled 2 weeks of Congress and I think if they found out I was going to do this they might have canceled even more days. 00:02:09.119 --> 00:02:17.350 >> How did you come around to Pete Hegseth for impeachment versus other cabinet officials? >> Um 00:02:17.360 --> 00:02:27.150 he's done the most impeachable things of any cabinet officials. I mean we've got eight articles of impeachment, well researched, legally grounded, 00:02:27.160 --> 00:02:35.350 whether it's Venezuela, Yemen, Iran, targeting of civilians in Iran, or you know, squashing the first amendment 00:02:35.360 --> 00:02:43.750 rights of Senator Mike Kelly. Um and Venezuela, going in and kidnapping a head of state. Like he's 00:02:43.760 --> 00:02:53.150 he's racked up the most trophies if if if trophies are violations of the Constitution. >> I would have expected it to be Todd Blanche because he has not, you know, 00:02:53.160 --> 00:03:03.630 fulfilled the requirements of the Epstein files, which is something you've pointed out a lot of times. >> So, here's another reason to do Pete Hegseth now and not Todd Blanche yet is 00:03:03.640 --> 00:03:12.830 because we still have legislative vehicles available to us to get those Epstein files. I've got Epstein files too. I only need one more Republican. I 00:03:12.840 --> 00:03:21.190 think we're going to get that before the end of the year. So, there's still legislative vehicles. The The Secretary of War though is ignoring all of the 00:03:21.200 --> 00:03:29.430 legislative vehicles. Like he's legally required because we passed a concurrent resolution in the House and the Senate to withdraw from hostilities. He's 00:03:29.440 --> 00:03:38.150 legally required to withdraw from hostilities cuz they've gone past the 60-day window. He's legally required to reinstate the department and and the 00:03:38.160 --> 00:03:46.590 people that were working to minimize civilian casualties that he got rid of. He's legally required to do all these things. He's operating outside of the 00:03:46.600 --> 00:03:55.390 law and there's no other place to adjudicate this, no other way that I can see other than an impeachment. >> But do you think that you could get enough Democrats on board to maybe sign 00:03:55.400 --> 00:04:04.790 on to this impeachment with Mr. Hexad? >> Um I I think I'll have enough Democrats. The question is, can we get enough Republicans? >> Have you spoken to any Republicans 00:04:04.800 --> 00:04:14.270 yourself that have hinted at voting for this? >> No, I didn't tell anybody because again, I was afraid if it got out, they would just cancel more of Congress like they did when I did the Epstein discharge 00:04:14.280 --> 00:04:24.190 petition last week. >> How long have you been mulling over this? >> Um two or three months. I mean, it takes a long time. I found a 00:04:24.200 --> 00:04:32.310 couple typos even while I was reading it. I take full responsibility for them. But, you know, we this is like the 50th iteration. 00:04:32.320 --> 00:04:41.110 >> So, why now? >> Again, because we've exhausted all the other legal avenues for reigning in the war department 00:04:41.120 --> 00:04:50.430 um for all of the things that they've done. >> We've heard Trump and Speaker Johnson and others say that the war will come to an end very shortly after the election. What do you make of that line as people 00:04:50.440 --> 00:04:58.790 are frustrated with this war ahead of an election? >> The grain of truth to what they're saying is that Iran is not going to come to the table until after the election, 00:04:58.800 --> 00:05:09.750 right? What What they should say is there's no chance to end this war uh until after the election if you're relying on Iran making some deal. 00:05:09.760 --> 00:05:18.070 Uh and then to say that it's going to end after the election, I believe that as much as I believe the $5,000 checks. 00:05:18.080 --> 00:05:21.040 All right. Thank you all.