It isn’t just the left that is outraged about Pete Hegseth’s role in the lethal “double-tap” airstrike of a suspected drug boat that killed all remaining survivors. A growing chorus of conservatives has joined them in describing the defense secretary as a potential “war criminal” who is “incompetent” and should be prosecuted.
With the Trump administration leaping into damage control mode and Hegseth looking to pin the blame on a subordinate over reports that the Pentagon chief gave the order to “kill everybody” during the first Venezuelan boat strike, bipartisan groups of lawmakers announced they are launching investigations of the follow-up strike and the Caribbean operation.
