Hegseth accused of crimes, misconduct in impeachment effort

U.S. Republican Representative Thomas Massie introduced a measure to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, roughly one week after the unpopular Iran war the Pentagon chief championed fueled a midterm defeat for President Donald Trump’s Republican Party.

Massie launched his new bid to oust Hegseth on Monday as the House of Representatives resumed work following the midterm elections. He posted his resolution outlining charges against Trump’s defense secretary on social media earlier in the day, and introducing the measure on Monday sets up a floor vote on the motion as soon as Wednesday.

“I’ve seen some of my colleagues say @SecWar Hegseth has been effective and they agree with the war, so they’ll vote not to impeach,” Massie wrote in a social media post on Monday morning. “That’s not the question though. The question is whether he committed impeachable acts, and the answer is yes, eight times.”

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