Massie introduces impeachment articles against Hegseth over Iran war
House Democrats are on board with voting to impeach the Pentagon chief, but it's not clear how many Republicans will break with the White House's public messaging.
WASHINGTON — Outgoing Republican Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky introduced articles of impeachment against US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, teeing up a direct challenge to the Trump administration’s top Pentagon official amid political fallout over the US war against Iran.
Republican sources familiar with the effort told Al-Monitor last week that they believed the outgoing Kentucky lawmaker had already aligned sufficient votes for the measure to pass.
Other GOP lawmakers in the Senate have indicated their support for impeaching Hegseth, while no other Republican members in the House have publicly said they will vote for Massie’s measure.
The top Democrat in the House, Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), told ABC News over the weekend that his vote will be “a hard yes” for Hegseth’s impeachment. The comment marks a shift from Jeffries’ prior stated position in September, when Jeffries voted with House Republican leadership to table Massie’s first measure to impeach the Pentagon chief.
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