BREAKING: Thomas Massie goes straight to the House floor and introduces eight articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth, accusing him of extrajudicial killings
Thomas Massie didn’t wait around.
On Monday the Kentucky Republican walked onto the House floor and introduced eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. He read the resolution out loud, impeaching “Peter Brian Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, for high crimes and misdemeanors.”
Massie accused Hegseth of violating his oath to support and defend the Constitution and his duty to faithfully execute the laws, “especially with regard to the commission of war.” He charged that Hegseth abused the powers of the Department of Defense, waged war without congressional approval, ignored laws meant to protect civilians and directed extrajudicial killings.
That’s a Republican congressman saying those words about a Trump cabinet secretary on the House floor.
The House could be forced to vote as soon as Wednesday. Massie puts the odds of passage at “better than a 50 percent chance.”
The math is tight but real. If every Democrat votes yes, Massie says he’s one of the three Republican votes needed, which leaves two more. Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska has said he’s open to it, though he’d rather Hegseth just resign.
Trump says he still has confidence in his defense secretary. On 60 Minutes Sunday night he boasted that “we’ve won two wars” and “we’ve won Venezuela.” Then he was asked if he credits Hegseth for the wins.
“No,” Trump said. “But he was a part of it.”
That’s Trump standing by his man.
Massie lost his primary to a Trump-backed opponent, and he has nothing left to lose. He used his last weeks in Congress to put Hegseth on trial.