Sen. Ed Markey called Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “a war criminal” after reports that he gave a spoken order to kill all crew members, including survivors, aboard a vessel accused of smuggling drugs in September.

Markey’s comment, which pointed to a Friday report from The Washington Post , echoes bipartisan concern, including from Republican-led congressional committees.

When drone footage showed two survivors of an initial strike, a Special Operations commander ordered another strike to fulfill Hegseth’s order “to kill everybody,” a source told the Post . CNN reported that while Hegseth ordered to kill everyone on board, it’s not clear whether he knew there were survivors before the second strike.

“Pete Hegseth is a war criminal and should be fired immediately,” Markey w

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