Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) introduced a resolution Tuesday to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for “high crimes and misdemeanors,” reading eight articles on the House floor that accuse him of violating the War Powers Resolution of 1973 in the Iran conflict.
\n\nMassie entered the resolution as privileged, a maneuver that forces House leaders to take up the measure within two legislative days. He read the articles aloud for more than an hour before closing out his introduction.
\n\nThe Kentucky Republican said in a news release that Hegseth had abused his office and needed to answer for it.
\n\n“Secretary Hegseth is breaking the law and must be held accountable,” Massie said. “He is abusing the power of his office to ignore congressional war powers resolutions, to kidnap foreign leaders, and to intimidate critics of the Trump administration by retaliating against them for exercising free speech.”
\n\nThe first three articles argue that Hegseth’s department is “waging the Iran war despite no declaration of war, statutory authorization, attack on the United States, or imminent threat,” and that he continued hostilities after the House and Senate directed the removal of troops. The fourth and fifth accuse him of refusing to minimize civilian casualties…
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