Republican congressman Thomas Massie (left) plans to force a vote in the House of Representatives this week to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth (right).
A Republican congressman plans to force a vote in the House of Representatives this week to impeach Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, alleging he has violated the US Constitution.
Representative Thomas Massie argued that, by engaging in hostilities in Iran for more than 90 days without congressional authorisation, Secretary Hegseth is breaking the law and must be held accountable.
The effort will likely fail, given Republicans will remain in power in Congress until January.
But Massie says he wants to push President Donald Trump to fire Hegseth before Democrats can launch their own impeachment process.
Hegseth, who will hold a news conference on Tuesday about Massie's move, said he was not concerned.
Massie formally introduced the articles of impeachment in a resolution on the House floor on Monday afternoon.
The congressman, who lost his Republican primary contest earlier this year, has been critical of Trump and the war in Iran since it started nearly nine months ago.
He is known across the country for also pushing the administration to release federal files on the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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