Steve Bannon
Role at the time: Host of the War Room podcast and former White House chief strategist, interviewed by Ted Koppel on CBS News Sunday Morning
Statement summary
Bannon said that if Democrats win the House, he expects them to impeach Hegseth and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and to issue subpoenas daily in an effort to destroy Trump.
“I think you'll see Bobby Kennedy impeached, ... Pete Hegseth impeached. I think you'll see subpoenas flying every day. They will look to destroy President Trump, and we'll be bogged down for two years.”
CBS News Sunday Morning segment, with an accompanying article, in which Ted Koppel interviewed Steve Bannon about the Republican Party and the 2026 midterm elections.
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The question in this case is whether the House should impeach Hegseth. Bannon presents a Hegseth impeachment as part of a Democratic effort to destroy Trump and uses it to urge Republican turnout, which opposes impeachment. He does not address the allegations in the articles.