Key Facts

• Rep. Thomas Massie filed eight articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
• Massie accuses Hegseth of violating the 1973 War Powers Resolution, which limits the president’s ability to wage war without Congress’s approval.
• The Iran war started in late February, with the initial U.S. military operation called Operation Epic Fury.
• President Trump declared the ceasefire over and resumed military action against Iran in July without congressional approval.
• Massie claims Hegseth ignored laws about minimizing harm to civilians, citing a bombing of a girls' school in Iran.
• Massie also opposes Hegseth’s decision to demote Senator Mark Kelly after Kelly urged service members to reject illegal orders.
• The impeachment articles include other accusations related to U.S. military actions in the Caribbean, Venezuela, and Yemen.
• Massie, an opponent of President Trump’s foreign policy, lost a primary to a Trump-backed challenger earlier this year.