Who exactly is Pete Hegseth, the Pentagon chief facing an impeachment bid?

We're no longer the woke department or the weak department. Pete Hegseth has long been a firebrand when it comes to the US military. No fatties, no trannies, no beardos, no weirdos, no wimps, no rap. For nearly two decades, the Minneapolis native served in the US Army National Guard, where he was deployed to Guantanamo Bay, Iraq and Afghanistan. In 2014, he joined Fox News as a contributor and would go on to co-host the weekend morning show. It was on air, he emerged as a vocal advocate for Donald Trump and his far-right MAGA movement. Republicans will rally around Donald Trump. And regularly took aim at the military's diversity and equity programs. A far more sinister and dangerous effort is underway right under our noses right now at the Pentagon. Hegseth occasionally advised Trump during his first term, and in his second, he was picked to be his Secretary of Defense, despite never having held a senior leadership role. Reports then emerged that he had previously paid a woman who accused him of sexual assault and had been forced to step down by his two non-profit groups in the face of serious allegations of financial mismanagement, sexual impropriety and personal misconduct. In response to the New York Times and Washington Post allegations about your excessive drinking at Fox News... He dismissed the allegations as a smear campaign and was sworn in after a divisive confirmation hearing. A few months later, The Atlantic magazine's editor revealed Hegseth had inadvertently texted him in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. The 46-year-old's role was further challenged when US strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean were criticised as extrajudicial killings. But it is Washington's war in Iran that has left the biggest mark. Hegseth has staunchly defended the ongoing conflict as courageous and historic, but he has been accused of illegally waging war and abusing his power.