Thomas Massie has accused Pete Hegseth of waging an illegal war against Iran and carrying out extrajudicial killings
Outgoing US Representative Thomas Massie has reintroduced eight articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump’s War Secretary Pete Hegseth after Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress.
Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, alleges that Hegseth violated the 1973 War Powers Resolution by waging war against Iran without congressional authorization and failed to minimize civilian casualties during US strikes. The conflict, triggered by a joint US-Israeli attack on Iran on February 28, has been “unlawful from its inception,” Massie said on Monday.
The congressman also argued that the 2025 strikes in Yemen and the January commando raid in Caracas, during which US forces abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, were illegal. He described US strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean, which have reportedly killed at least 243 people, as extrajudicial killings.
“My effort to impeach Secretary Hegseth is a much gentler version of what’s coming when the Democrats assume control of the House and Senate next year,” Massie said.
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