Massie gave notice of eight proposed impeachment articles against Hegseth
Reporting and findings
- alleged
Massie's draft contains eight proposed articles covering alleged War Powers Resolution violations in Iran, alleged disregard of civilian-protection laws, alleged extrajudicial maritime killings, alleged retaliation against Senator Mark Kelly's speech, the seizure of Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores, and the Yemen campaign. These are impeachment allegations, not House findings or adjudicated facts.
- documented
The September 15 Congressional Record shows Representative Thomas Massie giving notice under House Rule IX of his intent to offer a resolution raising a question of House privilege. The 34-page draft remained labeled 'H. RES. __' and named Massie as sponsor; no resolution number, referral, tabling motion, roll call or final House action was identified by September 20.
- Congressional Record: Notice of intention to offer a resolution raising a question of the privileges of the HouseH5639, notice and printed resolution
- Office of Representative Thomas Massie: Articles of Impeachment for Secretary HegsethCover and full proposed resolution
Summary and current status
The entry treats the eight articles as Massie's allegations and records the exact procedural stage.
Unnumbered proposal remained pending without a House vote as of September 20
People and organizations
- Pete Hegsethofficial named in the proposed articles
- Donald J. Trumppresident who appointed Hegseth
Relationships in this file
- Donald J. TrumpTrump-appointed defense secretary named in Massie's proposed impeachment resolutionPete Hegseth
Figures
Proposed articles of impeachment8 articles Calculation details
- Basis
- Observed
- Population
- Massie's unnumbered draft resolution concerning Pete Hegseth
- Period
- 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-15
- Method
- Count of separately labeled articles in the filed draft.
- Uncertainty
- The count describes allegations in a pending proposal; it is not a count of findings, charges, convictions or House votes.