The unrest on Capitol Hill over Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s possible involvement in a war crime is building. “We’re going to find out what the true facts are,” Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-MS) said on Dec. 1, reported the Washington Post. Rep. Adam Smith, the ranking Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said he would meet with Adm. Mitch Bradley and other Defense Department leaders later this week. Smith criticized what he said was a lack of information from the Pentagon. “I wouldn’t say they are cooperating,” he said in an interview. A spokesperson for the congressman said the meeting also would include Wicker, Sen. Jack Reed (D-RI), and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) also expressed concern over the allegation. “I’m glad that the relevant committee of jurisdiction, the oversight committee, Armed Services, is going to examine those facts. We’ll see where they lead,” he told reporters. Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), a former Intelligence Committee chairman, told CBS News’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Nov. 30, “Obviously, if that occurred, that would be very serious, and I agree that that would be an illegal act.”
