GOP Rep Files Impeachment Articles Against Austin

The Messenger reports:

Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Mont., introduced articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin on Monday following Austin’s failing to disclose a four day hospital stay to the public and White House officials.

Rosendale is targeting Austin over the hospitalization controversy, though he also mentions the Chinese spy balloon spotted in North American airspace earlier this year as an example of the defense chief compromising “national security.”

“This dishonesty seems to be a repeated pattern for the Secretary as he once again lied to our military and the American people about his health last week,” Rosendale said in a statement.

Read the full article. Rosendale was among the far-right GOP holdouts during Kevin McCarthy’s 15-ballot bid for House Speaker. Last year he apologized after posing with a group of neo-Nazis outside the US Capitol.

GOP Rep. wants to impeach Secretary of Defense after secret hospital stay https://t.co/cusnZrQs70

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