Democrat who missed Hegseth impeachment vote caught outside Capitol ‘with minutes to spare’
Verified: 84 outlets in 36 countries have reported this story since Nov 8, 11 of them from the United States.
Representative Jonathan Jackson was one of several Democrats who claimed a traffic incident caused them to arrive late to the impeachment vote
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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13 outlets from the United States, where the story is: ABC News, Al-Monitor, AOL and 10 more · how we count
- Nov 8, 4:10 PM UTCFirst report'I'm a hard yes': Hakeem Jeffries announces support for Hegseth impeachmentabcnews.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 8, 5:07 PM UTC · +57 min
- Nov 8, 7:23 PM UTC+3 hHakeem Jeffries supports impeachment of Pete Hegseth: ‘He has got to go’theguardian.com ↗
- Nov 8, 9:18 PM UTC+5 hHakeem Jeffries backs Thomas Massie's Hegseth impeachment resolutioninquisitr.com ↗
- Nov 12, 3:25 AM UTC+3 dHouse Republicans block bid to impeach Pete Hegsethnewsus.cgtn.com (again) ↗
- Nov 12, 7:48 AM UTC+4 dDemocrat caught right outside Capitol during Hegseth impeachment votedailymail.com ↗
- Nov 12, 3:40 PM UTC+4 dDemocrat roasted for blaming missing vote for Hegseth’s impeachment on trafficindependent.co.uk (again) ↗
- Nov 12, 5:41 PM UTC+4 d· you’re reading thisDemocrat who missed Hegseth impeachment vote caught outside Capitol ‘with minutes to spare’independent.co.uk (again) ↗
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