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Terrina Jairaj

Seth Moulton just called Trump’s war secretary a Nazi war criminal and invoked a chilling WWII precedent

Rep. Seth Moulton just accused Secretary of War Pete Hegseth of committing war crimes. He drew a direct line between his recent military actions and Nazi officers executed after World War II. 

During a heated House Armed Services Committee hearing on April 29, 2026, the Massachusetts Democrat pressed Hegseth on the Trump administration’s strikes against suspected drug boats in the Caribbean, calling the operation a violation of the Geneva Conventions. Moulton didn’t hold back, telling CNN that Hegseth was “absolutely” guilty of war crimes and invoking a historical precedent to drive his point home.

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