Massie pushes House vote to impeach Hegseth over Iran war
Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie is leading the push, tied to the Iran war, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismisses as a stunt.
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What happened
Republican Rep. Thomas Massie has moved to force a House vote on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, focusing on the war in Iran. House Speaker Mike Johnson criticized the push as shameful, and a procedural vote was set for Tuesday evening.
Why it matters
Passage would make Hegseth only the third Cabinet official in US history to be impeached. Some House Republicans privately warn the measure could pass.
Timeline
- Nov 9, 2:22 PM ET: Massie refiled articles of impeachment against Hegseth, setting up a vote that could draw support from members of both parties.
- Nov 9, 11:00 PM ET: Massie said Hegseth would not be in his role by the new year and called that outcome highly probable.
- Nov 10, 10:42 AM ET: Johnson criticized Massie's push and said the House would hold a procedural vote Tuesday evening.
- Nov 10, 11:53 AM ET: Hegseth dismissed the impeachment effort as a political spectacle at his first Pentagon news briefing since May.
Coverage
- Hegseth lays it on thick for Trump to shave off fallout from Iran war (The Guardian)
- SEN. KELLY ON PETE HEGSETH: ‘HE NEEDS TO GO’ (CNN)
- Hegseth says impeachment effort is ‘political spectacle’ before House vote (deseret.com)
- Vance backs Hegseth as Congress prepares historic impeachment (washingtonexaminer.com)
- Pete Hegseth Impeachment Speech Transcript: Read Full Text (Foreign Policy)
- War Secretary Pete Hegseth calls impeachment attempt 'a political spectacle' (wlbt.com)
- Bacon plans to vote ‘no’ on Hegseth impeachment (The Hill)
- Hegseth says impeachment filing against him is ‘sabotage’ and political ‘farce’ (defensenews.com)
- Why is Hegseth facing impeachment? Inside the 8 articles on Iran, Maduro and more (CBS News)
- Johnson blasts Massie’s ‘shameful’ push to oust Hegseth (The Hill)
- ‘We will not apologize’: Hegseth fires back at impeachment (CNN)
- A Pentagon impeachment showdown, plus defense funding in limbo (Breaking Defense)
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says impeachment push is a ‘farce’ (NBC News)
- Hegseth condemns impeachment effort against him as 'political spectacle' (Los Angeles Times)
- Hegseth vows to fight impeachment ‘spectacle’ (Breaking Defense)
- Hegseth calls impeachment effort a ‘farce’ ahead of possible House vote (scrippsnews.com)
- Pete Hegseth to hold news briefing as he faces possible impeachment (The Guardian)
- Massie: ‘High probability’ Hegseth won’t make it to the end of the year (The Hill)
- Massie seeks to force vote on Hegseth impeachment (Spectrum News)
- Thomas Massie files articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth (kgou.org)
- Pete Hegseth faces House impeachment vote amid controversy over Iran War (The Hill)
- 5 things to know about Rep. Massie, who introduced articles to impeach Hegseth (The Washington Post)
- Why lawmakers are pushing to impeach Pete Hegseth (CNN)
- Hegseth impeachment vote looms as House Republicans privately warn it could pass (Fox News)
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