Republican files impeachment resolution against Pentagon chief Hegseth

Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has introduced articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in the US House of Representatives. According to the BBC, he accuses the Pentagon chief of taking part in combat operations in Iran for more than 90 days without the consent of Congress, and therefore of violating the law and the US Constitution.

As the BBC reports, the resolution has little chance of success: until January, Republicans keep their majority in both chambers. Massie himself explained that he wants to force Hegseth out now, so that Democrats do not do it later. The Democratic Party won the elections to both the House of Representatives and the Senate, and will have a solid majority in both chambers.

“My attempt to impeach Secretary Hegseth is a much milder version of what will happen when Democrats take control of both the House and the Senate next year. They will hold hearings and trials,” Massie said.

According to CNN, House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican, is required to put the resolution on the agenda within two days of its filing and to schedule a time for it to be considered. To remove the secretary, the document must pass both chambers of Congress, and the Senate has never in its history upheld the impeachment of a cabinet secretary.

Hegseth himself, according to the BBC, did not take the initiative seriously: “This doesn’t worry us.” On Tuesday he will hold his first press conference since May, and it will be devoted precisely to the impeachment.

Around Prague, based on reporting by novinky.cz