{"id":35012,"date":"2026-04-08T00:02:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investmentbankingrules.com\/?p=35012"},"modified":"2026-04-08T00:02:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T00:02:23","slug":"democrat-whose-parents-fled-iran-moves-to-oust-hegseth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investmentbankingrules.com\/?p=35012","title":{"rendered":"Democrat whose parents fled Iran moves to oust Hegseth"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Democratic congresswoman whose parents fled the regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini decades ago announced Monday she would file articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for alleged war crimes amid the current conflict.
\nRep. Yassamin Ansari of Arizona previously told the New York Times she initially \u201cfelt a rush of hope, but also unease\u201d when she learned Americans and Israelis had taken out Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in February.
\nBut she has since been harshly critical of how the Trump administration has overseen the conflict, including President Donald Trump\u2019s Easter message to what\u2019s left of Iranian leadership to \u201copen the f\u2014ing Strait\u201d of Hormuz by Tuesday or risk strikes on critical infrastructure.
\n\u201cDonald Trump\u2019s deranged statements \u2014 including one on Easter Sunday \u2014 are further entrenching our country and our world in another devastating, never-ending war,\u201d Ansari said in a statement announcing her plans to impeach Hegseth.
\n77-YEAR-OLD HOUSE DEM FACING YOUNGER PRIMARY CHALLENGERS SEEKS TO IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP<\/p>\n

Ansari claimed Trump is threatening war crimes in violation of the Geneva Convention and has already committed \u201cillegal actions and atrocities already committed at his direction \u2014 including violence that has destroyed schools, hospitals, and critical civilian infrastructure.\u201d
\n\u201cAs the daughter of Iranian immigrants who fled this regime, and as an American Congresswoman who swore an oath to the United States Constitution, I know that this cannot go on,\u201d she said.
\nAnsari\u2019s father was a medical student studying in the United States when the Iranian Revolution broke out and couldn\u2019t return to Iran, while her mother fled and was sent to live with another family in Delaware at age 17 after the Khomeini regime continually restricted women\u2019s rights, according to the UK Guardian.
\nAnsari urged invocation of the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office and said she would file articles of impeachment and seek to formally impeach Hegseth \u201cnext week.\u201d
\nDEMOCRATS THREATEN TO GRIND SENATE TO A HALT TO FORCE PUBLIC IRAN HEARINGS<\/p>\n

She alleged the Pentagon chief \u201crepeatedly violat[ed] his oath of office and his duty to the Constitution. Only Congress has the power to declare war, not a rogue president or his lackeys.\u201d
\n\u201cHegseth\u2019s reckless endangerment of U.S. servicemembers and repeated war crimes, including bombing a girls\u2019 school in Minab, Iran, and willfully targeting civilian infrastructure, are grounds for impeachment and removal from office.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hegseth and Trump recently engineered the rescue of an airman shot down by Iranian forces over the weekend, with the president telling the press at the White House that a large military operation was required.
\nGen. Dan \u201cRaizin\u201d Caine declined to state how many troops were involved, likely for security reasons.
\nWhen reached for comment, Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson slammed the plan to impeach her boss, telling Fox News Digital that Ansari is \u201cjust another Democrat trying to make headlines\u201d as an ongoing Mideast military operation and two \u201cdaring and successful\u201d rescue operations were conducted.
\n\u201cSecretary Hegseth will continue to protect the homeland and unleash epic fury on Iran\u2019s radical regime,\u201d Wilson said.
\n\u201cThis is just another charade in an attempt to distract the American people from the major successes we have had here at the Department of War.\u201d
\nFox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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