On Wednesday, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on eight articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who will be charged with waging illegal wars, the murder of civilians, and kidnapping a head of state.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) will introduce those eight counts to the full House, he told MS NOW.
The eight counts are:
*Launching the Iran war without a declaration of war, congressional authorization, or any attack on the United States.
*Defying Congress by continuing the war after both chambers voted to order U.S. forces out of Iran.
*Ignoring War Powers deadlines by fighting on even after every legal time limit had expired.
*Gutting civilian protections before a U.S. strike on an Iranian elementary school killed at least 156 people, including at least 120 children.
*The extrajudicial killings of at least 243 people in boat strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, including a follow-up strike that killed two survivors who were clinging to wreckage
*Suppressing free speech by retaliating against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona) for telling U.S. military personnel, “You can refuse illegal orders.”
*“Kidnapping of a sovereign foreign leader” in the raid that captured Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro, which the resolution claims was really about oil.
*An unlawful war in Yemen that killed an estimated 224 civilians, launched despite Hegseth writing in a leaked Signal chat that “we can easily pause.”
Two Republicans in the House said they believe the votes exist to move forward with Hegseth’s impeachment.
“I think the numbers are there,” one GOP lawmaker said. “I think he’s been incompetent. It’s been all about bravado and not about strategy.”
The same lawmaker noted, “He needs to have the honor and the integrity of knowing that he’s done a bad job in service to the country in this particular position, and he needs to resign and save face.”
President Donald Trump continues to stand behind Hegseth, telling reporters, “I think he’s doing a fantastic job.”
