House could vote this week on impeaching Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) planned to reintroduce a privileged resolution with eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as early as Monday, November 9, and a House vote is expected this week. The first article says Hegseth carried out unlawful orders that violated the War Powers Resolution over the Iran war. In a 60 Minutes interview released Sunday evening, President Trump called the push "very unfair." No executive branch official has ever been removed through impeachment.

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Why it matters

The vote is over whether the Defense Secretary carried out the Iran war without the authorization Congress says the law requires. Removing an official after impeachment takes a two-thirds Senate vote, and no executive branch official has ever been removed through impeachment.

What to watch

Rep. Thomas Massie planned to reintroduce the resolution as early as Monday, November 9, with a House vote expected this week.

How each side sees it

Supporters sayMassie says Hegseth continued the Iran war without congressional authorization and approved operations that violated the law. House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said he is "a hard yes" and "Pete Hegseth has got to go."

Hegseth saysHe called them "sham articles of impeachment" and said "It's all about the politics of personal destruction."

President Trump says"They want to impeach him. Very unfair. We had two wars, we won both."

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