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Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) reintroduced a resolution to impeach US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, whom the Trump administration calls the secretary of war, as the Pentagon chief is coming under pressure following the Republican defeat in the midterm elections, which was seen as a referendum on the Iran war.
Massie first introduced the resolution back in September but reintroduced it to include US military operations that have taken place since then. The resolution is privileged, meaning it must be voted on within two legislative days of introduction.
The resolution includes eight articles of impeachment that cover the Iran war, Hegseth’s ignoring of US laws meant to minimize civilian casualties, the bombing campaign against small boats in Latin America, the kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, the 2025 US bombing campaign in Yemen, and Hegseth’s efforts to chill the constitutionally protected speech of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ).
At a press conference after the introduction, Massie stressed that he wasn’t seeking Hegseth’s impeachment because he was bad at his job, but because he is operating in violation of the law, and he encouraged other lawmakers to read eight articles.
“A lot of people are saying, ‘I think Pete Hegseth is effective. He’s good at his job, and so I don’t want to vote for these articles of impeachment.’ Well, the reality is, we’re not impeaching him for being bad at his job,” Massie said.
“In fact, he was very effective at killing schoolchildren in Iran. He was very effective at extrajudicial killings. There’s no argument in these impeachment articles that he’s ineffective. The argument here is that he’s broken laws and he’s violated the Constitution,” he added.
The articles lay out how the Iran war was launched without congressional authorization and has continued despite Congress passing a concurrent War Powers Resolution directing President Trump to end the conflict.
Addressing critics who have said he should have gone after Trump because Hegseth was carrying out the president’s orders, Massie said that there were two articles that “belong” specifically to the Pentagon chief.
“It is true that the president is culpable for asking Hegseth to carry out these orders, but Hegseth should not carry out illegal orders, and that’s why we’re impeaching him. But one of the articles that Hegseth took upon himself … he basically took apart the function inside the Department of Defense that makes sure they’re not going to strike civilians,” Massie said.
“And the predictable and absolute result of that was — they struck all these school kids on the first day of the war,” he said, referring to the February 28 US strike on the Shajareh Tayyebeh Elementary School in Minab, southern Iran, which killed at least 156 civilians, including 120 children.
“Now there’s something called the fog of war … There’s no fog of war on the first day. You’ve had months to identify these targets, yet they picked a school building on a school day with kids in it, and then struck it again, and then struck it again,” Massie added.
While it’s been clear since shortly after the US bombed the school that it was a US strike, no one in the Trump administration has taken responsibility for it, and the Pentagon continues to delay the release of a report on the massacre.
Hegseth was asked about Massie’s impeachment effort on Monday and told reporters he’s “not worried” about it, though he plans to hold a press conference on it on Tuesday. “I’ll tell you this. Actually, I hope all of you will join us. We’re going to do a press conference tomorrow morning at the Pentagon on that very topic,” he said.
The Eight Articles of Impeachment
- Article I - Waging War in Contravention of the War Powers Resolution of 1973 Section 2(c): Charges Secretary Hegseth with waging the Iran war despite no declaration of war, statutory authorization, attack on the United States, or imminent threat. It establishes that the war was unlawful from its inception.
- Article II - Waging War in Contravention of the War Powers Resolution of 1973 Section 5(c): Charges Secretary Hegseth with continuing the Iran war after both Houses of Congress directed the removal of U.S. forces through H. Con. Res. 86. It focuses on his refusal to obey Congress’s express direction to terminate unauthorized hostilities.
- Article III - Waging War in Contravention of the War Powers Resolution of 1973 Section 5(b): Charges Secretary Hegseth with continuing hostilities in Iran after expiration of the War Powers Resolution’s 60-day termination period and any potential 30-day withdrawal period. It establishes that he treated mandatory statutory deadlines as discretionary.
- Article IV - Ignoring Laws that Minimize Civilian Casualties: Charges Secretary Hegseth with ignoring laws that minimize civilian casualties.
- Article V - Extrajudicial Killings: Charges Secretary Hegseth with replacing maritime law enforcement with unauthorized lethal military targeting of suspected drug traffickers, resulting in at least 243 deaths. It also addresses denial of quarter, secondary strikes on survivors, failure to rescue shipwrecked persons, and the creation of artificial legal authorities for the campaign.
- Article VI - Suppressing Free Speech: Charges Secretary Hegseth with using DOD authority to retaliate against and intimidate Senator Mark Kelly for constitutionally protected speech questioning unlawful military orders.
- Article VII - Kidnapping of a Sovereign Foreign Leader: Charges Secretary Hegseth with directing Operation ABSOLUTE RESOLVE to seize Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores in Venezuela without constitutional or legal authority.
- Article VIII - Unlawful War in Yemen: Charges Secretary Hegseth with initiating Operation ROUGH RIDER without congressional authorization or an imminent threat to the United States, while also violating war powers reporting requirements.
