Caldwell sees Hegseth impeachment ahead, but no Senate conviction

Washington Week's fast-starting Short separates the outlook for the defense secretary from Democrats' divisions over pursuing Trump.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 59,270 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (4,236).

After midterms, will Trump or Hegseth be impeached?

The Senate is the obstacle. Puck's Leigh Ann Caldwell tells Washington Week moderator Jeffrey Goldberg that Capitol Hill widely expects Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to face impeachment in November's lame-duck session, but she predicts senators will not convict him.

In the discussion, drawn from the October 23 broadcast, Caldwell describes Republicans as reluctant to confront President Donald Trump directly. Some, she says, quietly hope Trump will dismiss Hegseth or ask him to resign, sparing them that decision.

Those are forecasts about what Congress might do, not announcements of an impeachment vote. The distinction matters in a Short titled "After midterms, will Trump or Hegseth be impeached?", which gives the two men quite different political outlooks.

On Trump, Caldwell reports division within the Democratic caucus. If Democrats take the House, she expects Hakeem Jeffries to come under considerable pressure to open an impeachment investigation. Pressure to investigate, however, is not the same as agreement to proceed.

The clip drew an estimated 60,000 views in its first day, roughly fourteen times Washington Week PBS's usual start for Shorts. Its specific question follows the channel's earlier discussion of Trump's rally detours and Republican campaign worries: here, Caldwell moves beyond the election result to the decisions lawmakers could face afterward.

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The numbers

The impeachment discussion drew an unusually large first-day audience for a Washington Week PBS Short.

the video's first day

usual first day here

4,236

this video

59,270

subscribers

246,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

72,561,255

views per day

141,578

typical day: 163,802

the video

views

80,825

likes

1,028

days online

2

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

The Sydney Morning Herald…

270,000

The Globe and Mail

265,000

RTÉ News

255,000

RNZ

252,000

Washington Week PBS

246,000

Royal Exclusive

243,000

As of October 28, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.