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Massie introduces Hegseth impeachment articles over Iran war

ABC News carries the Republican's House floor speech, accusing the defense secretary of waging war without congressional authorization.

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Articles of impeachment introduced against Pete Hegseth

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0:15Massie begins reading the impeachment resolution on the House floor.
0:33His first article accuses Hegseth of violating the War Powers Resolution and constitutional limits on executive war powers.
4:04Massie cites February's military action against Iran, which he says lacked congressional authorization.
5:00He reads from Joe Kent's resignation letter, citing Kent's statement that Iran posed no imminent threat.
8:04ABC's anchor says the House must take up the measure within two legislative days.

The effort to impeach Pete Hegseth has reached the House floor. Outgoing Republican Representative Thomas Massie introduced articles against the defense secretary Monday, arguing that military action against Iran violated Congress's constitutional authority over war.

ABC News' coverage drew roughly 343,000 views in its first three hours. The report carries Massie's speech at length, letting viewers hear the argument behind the resolution rather than only a summary of the announcement.

"Article one: waging war in contravention of the War Powers Resolution of 1973, section 2(c)," Massie reads. He cites military action on February 28, 2026, which he says took place without congressional authorization, and accuses Hegseth of carrying out unlawful orders that substituted executive action for congressional judgment.

Massie also invokes the resignation letter of former National Counterterrorism Center director Joe Kent. In the passage Massie reads, Kent says he could not support the ongoing war and that Iran posed no imminent threat to the United States. Those statements form part of Massie's case for impeachment, not a finding by Congress.

The introduction moves the story beyond the pledge of support Hakeem Jeffries gave in an earlier ABC interview, as we reported here. Introducing articles does not itself mean Hegseth has been impeached or removed from office.

Returning to the studio, ABC's anchor says the House must take up the measure within two legislative days, bringing the question of Republican support for Hegseth to a procedural test.

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