GOP Rep Thomas Massie introduces 8 articles of impeachment against War Secretary Pete Hegseth

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Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., introduced a resolution to impeach Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and read eight articles of impeachment against Hegseth on the House floor Tuesday. Massie formally entered a resolution to impeach Hegseth for "high crimes and misdemeanors" on the House floor for, among other things, allegedly violating the War Powers Resolution of 1973 in Iran and for his role in the operation that led to former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro's capture and extradition . The first three of the eight articles of impeachment Massie introduced accused Hegseth of violating the War Powers Resolution of 1973, arguing that Hegseth's Department of War is "waging the Iran war despite no declaration of war, statutory authorization, attack on the United States, or imminent threat." His first article seeks to establish "that the war was unlawful from its inception." The second article claims that Hegseth disobeyed Congress after both the House and the Senate directed the removal of troops from Iran. The third article claims that Hegseth is "continuing hostilities in Iran after expiration of the War Powers Resolution’s 60-day termination period and any potential 30-day withdrawal period." 4 HOUSE REPUBLICANS REBEL AGAINST TRUMP, VOTE WITH DEMS TO BLOCK IRAN WAR POWERS The fourth and fifth articles accuse Hegseth of refusing to minimize civilian casualties and engaging in extrajudicial killing , with the latter charge accusing Hegseth of "replacing maritime law enforcement with unauthorized lethal military targeting of suspected drug traffickers " during operations striking suspected narcotraffickers in the Caribbean Sea. REP SETH MOULTON SAYS HEGSETH IS 'GUILTY' OF WAR CRIMES, LINKS HIM TO NAZIS TRIED DURING WORLD WAR II Also related to military action in the Caribbean and South America, Massie's seventh article accuses Hegseth of the "Kidnapping of a Sovereign Foreign Leader" for his role in Operation Absolute Resolve, the January mission in which U.S. Special Forc…