US congressman files resolution to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth

United States Republican Representative Thomas Massie has introduced a resolution to impeach US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the war on Iran, strikes on purported drug boats and other alleged violations of US laws. Reading from the text of the resolution in the House of Representatives on Monday, the outgoing Kentucky lawmaker accused Hegseth of carrying out unlawful orders and posing a threat to the Constitution.

Massie introduced the articles of impeachment as soon as the House opened for its first session after the midterm elections. Democratic Party leaders have pledged to investigate US President Donald Trump’s administration in Congress following their landslide victories in both chambers.

Massie reintroduced eight articles of impeachment against the defense secretary that he had first raised in September . Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson avoided a vote in the Republican-led Congress at the time by sending lawmakers home early.