US Representative Thomas Massey introduces eight articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.
U.S. Representative Thomas Massey introduced a privileged resolution on the floor of the House of Representatives on Monday to impeach U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, issuing eight articles of impeachment charging him with high crimes and misdemeanors for unauthorized war operations in West Asia and Latin America.
Reading from the text of the resolution, Massey accused the Gesetz of violating the US Constitution and the War Powers Resolution of 1973 by conducting prolonged and unauthorized military operations against Iran and Yemen without congressional or statutory authorization.
The charges also cite Geseth for defying congressional directives to cease hostilities, circumventing legal frameworks within the War Department, and revoking protocols to reduce civilian casualties.
The resolution details other serious extrajudicial actions, including overseeing directives for deadly strikes in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific that resulted in the execution of at least 221 people on suspected drug charges, ordering the warrantless kidnapping of former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, and suppressing free speech through an administrative retaliation order against the US lawmaker.