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Massie Moves to Impeach Hegseth Over Iran Operations
(MENAFN) Rep. Thomas Massie filed a resolution Tuesday calling for the impeachment of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, charging him with defying Congress and unlawfully continuing US military operations against Iran.
The move follows months of House efforts to rein in the administration's Iran campaign, including war powers resolutions passed in June and July that called on the president to halt hostilities with Tehran.
Massie's resolution claims Hegseth carried out orders to sustain the operations even as Congress asserted its constitutional war powers and voted to end the conflict.
According to Massie, Hegseth's conduct "frustrated Congress's ability to exercise its most solemn constitutional responsibility" and allowed an "unlawful war" to persist.
"In all of this, Secretary Hegseth has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as Secretary of Defense," Massie told the House floor.
The eight-article resolution goes further, accusing Hegseth of authorizing unsanctioned military actions in Venezuela and Yemen — including a reported operation aimed at capturing then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
This adds to pressure already building against Hegseth: House Democrats introduced a separate set of six impeachment articles in April, which similarly cited the Iran conflict.
Under House rules, Massie's resolution must be taken up within two legislative days, though Republican leadership retains the option of moving to table it instead.
Speaking at a press conference, Attorney General Todd Blanche pushed back forcefully, saying Hegseth is "doing a phenomenal job" and operates within the bounds of the law. Blanche said the Justice Department actively monitors the administration's actions to ensure legal compliance.
Blanche also disputed labeling the Iran campaign a "war," saying he disagreed with that framing and noting that Congress had already voted on the matter. He argued those votes demonstrated that neither Hegseth nor President Donald Trump had broken the law, and questioned the basis for building impeachment articles around their conduct.
The move follows months of House efforts to rein in the administration's Iran campaign, including war powers resolutions passed in June and July that called on the president to halt hostilities with Tehran.
Massie's resolution claims Hegseth carried out orders to sustain the operations even as Congress asserted its constitutional war powers and voted to end the conflict.
According to Massie, Hegseth's conduct "frustrated Congress's ability to exercise its most solemn constitutional responsibility" and allowed an "unlawful war" to persist.
"In all of this, Secretary Hegseth has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as Secretary of Defense," Massie told the House floor.
The eight-article resolution goes further, accusing Hegseth of authorizing unsanctioned military actions in Venezuela and Yemen — including a reported operation aimed at capturing then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
This adds to pressure already building against Hegseth: House Democrats introduced a separate set of six impeachment articles in April, which similarly cited the Iran conflict.
Under House rules, Massie's resolution must be taken up within two legislative days, though Republican leadership retains the option of moving to table it instead.
Speaking at a press conference, Attorney General Todd Blanche pushed back forcefully, saying Hegseth is "doing a phenomenal job" and operates within the bounds of the law. Blanche said the Justice Department actively monitors the administration's actions to ensure legal compliance.
Blanche also disputed labeling the Iran campaign a "war," saying he disagreed with that framing and noting that Congress had already voted on the matter. He argued those votes demonstrated that neither Hegseth nor President Donald Trump had broken the law, and questioned the basis for building impeachment articles around their conduct.
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