Before leaving office due to losing his reelection primary to Ed Gallrein, anti-Israel congressman Thomas Massie announced that he is filing articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for conducting the Iran war without approval from Congress. Massie accused Hegseth of violating the War Powers Resolution of 1973, which requires congressional authorization to conduct military operations thet last longer than 90 days.
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“Peter Brian Hegseth, in his capacity as Secretary of Defense, has executed unlawful orders in contravention of Section 2(c) of the War Powers Resolution of 1973,” Massie declared on the House floor. “Secretary of Defense Peter Hegseth, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with his duties and the rule of law,” he added.
The White House has argued that the initial phase of bombing, which resulted in a fragile ceasefire, reset the 90-day clock on the need for congressional approval. The Pentagon defended Hegseth: “Secretary Hegseth has been a transformative leader for the Department of War. Standards and merit are back, our arsenal is stronger than ever before, and morale and recruitment across every service are at all-time highs,” Pentagon Press Secretary Kingsley Wilson said in a statement.
Representative Thomas Massie has been a vocal critic of the Iran war and of the relationship between the United States and Israel. He condemned Israel for its conduct during the Gaza war and has blamed his loss to Gallrein on AIPAC and other pro-Israel entities.