Moulton: Hegseth is guilty of war crimes
Key takeaways
- Seth Moulton (Mass.) on Wednesday became the latest House Democrat to accuse Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of war crimes, accusations that have mounted amid the Iran war and the U.S.
- When asked Wednesday on CNN s Erin Burnett Out Front whether Hegseth is guilty of war crimes, Moulton said, Absolutely.
- I mean, in fact, there s a lot of evidence that these are just fishermen, you know, getting jobs, piloting these boats, trying to feed their families, Moulton told host Erin Burnett.
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Seth Moulton (Mass.) on Wednesday became the latest House Democrat to accuse Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of war crimes, accusations that have mounted amid the Iran war and the U.S. military s lethal boat strikes on alleged drug runners.
When asked Wednesday on CNN s Erin Burnett Out Front whether Hegseth is guilty of war crimes, Moulton said, Absolutely.
I mean, he s clearly behind the operation to shoot all these boats in the Caribbean when it s very unclear that we actually have any confirmation that these so-called narco-terrorists, a term the administration invented to justify this action, are even on the boats. I mean, in fact, there s a lot of evidence that these are just fishermen, you know, getting jobs, piloting these boats, trying to feed their families, Moulton told host Erin Burnett.