Pete Hegseth SHAKEN As He Gets Caught In War Crime

The walls are closing in.

We just got huge news. The walls really are closing in on Pete Hegseth after Republicans in the Senate ordered what they call vigorous oversight into his likely illegal military strikes in the Caribbean. On September second, he ordered a strike on what he claims were drug vessels. Even if you set aside the due process problems we have been talking about for months, the reporting just got worse.

New details say the footage shows the first strike left two people alive, clinging to the side of the wreck, defenseless and injured. The United States military then launched a second strike that finished them off in the water. That is a direct violation of international law. And it all traces back to Pete Hegseth reportedly giving the order to “kill them all.” You cannot issue an order like that. You cannot kill people who are defenseless, incapacitated, or shipwrecked. That is the exact scenario the Geneva Conventions are designed to prevent.

Alex Horton from the Washington Post broke the initial story. His reporting immediately went viral. Nine million views in a few hours. Then the Post published the full piece: “Hegseth order on first Caribbean boat strike, officials say: Kill them all” If that footage exists, Congress must get it and the American people must see it. There is no gray area here. Ordering the killing of surrendering or incapacitated people is illegal under United States military law.

Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, and Senator Jack Reed issued a joint statement promising vigorous oversight. They said they have already opened inquiries. Congressman Eugene Vindman said flatly that Hegseth will be held accountable. These are not fringe voices. These are senior officials calling for a congressional investigation.

Hegseth responded with a long, frantic message. He called it fake news but then admitted the exact conduct he is accused of. He said the strikes were intended to be lethal. He said the goal was to destroy the boats and kill the traffickers. He even claimed every person killed was affiliated with a terrorist group. That is his justification. He is using guilt by association to excuse conduct that crosses every legal line.

Nobody wants drugs flowing into the United States. Nobody is denying the problem. But we have rules. The entire post-World War II order is built on those rules. If the United States decides that killing defenseless people in the water is acceptable, then every other country will do the same. There will be no standard at all.

Colombia says at least one of the people killed was just a fisherman. Nobody knows yet. That is the point of oversight. But instead of transparency, Pete Hegseth is bragging about the lethality of the strikes while ignoring the basic laws he is required to follow. He is defending unilateral killings while Donald Trump pardons one of the most notorious drug trafficker presidents in the world. That same man boasted about pumping cocaine into the United States and literally had people chopped up. Yet Trump pardoned him. Hegseth defended it. And foreign billionaires immediately started pumping money into Trump’s crypto venture.

The hypocrisy is staggering. They claim to be waging a war on drug traffickers while protecting the most violent kingpins on earth. They say they are restoring law and order while ignoring the most basic laws in international warfare.

Meanwhile, top legal scholars say these strikes were illegal. A top Republican senator is demanding answers. Military lawyers inside Southcom reportedly warned the order was unlawful and were overruled. That is the definition of a serious breach.

Hegseth’s panic is showing. His statement is not a denial. It reads like someone realizing that evidence exists and that the Senate is about to uncover it. The moment he admitted the strikes were designed to kill everyone on board, he confirmed his own vulnerability.

Pete Hegseth needs to be investigated. Steve Witkoff needs to be investigated. Trump’s advisers need to be investigated. When one of Trump’s supporters says “Daddy has immunity. You do not,” they are not exaggerating. That is the world these people are trying to build. A world where the leader is untouchable and everyone beneath him takes the fall.

This story is not going away. The footage is reportedly real. When it becomes public, it will tell the truth that Hegseth is avoiding. If he issued an unlawful order and then tried to justify it after the fact, a jury will decide what happens next.

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