Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is scheduled to give his first news conference from the Pentagon in six months on Tuesday (November 10, 2026), just a day after a Republican lawmaker launched an effort to impeach him over his handling of the unpopular war against Iran and other actions.
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“There’s a lot of politically motivated people who may have substantial policy disagreements, but their disagreements are with success,” he told reporters on Monday (November 10) after a speech at the Naval War College in Rhode Island. He added that “if we want to litigate” the military actions that the Trump administration has taken, “I’m happy to do it all day long. Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s top spokesman, released a statement saying that “despite threats of sham witch hunts from Democrats,” Hegseth is “100% committed to leading the Department until the end of President Trump’s term in office. Earlier reporting noted: Asked about the efforts to remove him on Monday, Hegseth told reporters that “there’s a lot of politically motivated people who may have substantial policy disagreements” but said their disagreements were with “success.
Earlier reporting noted: Republican lawmaker Thomas Massie moves to impeach Pete Hegseth over Iran war, introduces eight articles Republican Representative Thomas Massie is set to introduce a measure to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as soon as Monday, roughly one week after the unpopular Iran war he championed ended up fueling a midterm defeat for President Donald Trump’s Republican Party . Earlier reporting noted: Hegseth has been the Trump administration’s most prominent and enthusiastic cheerleader for the unpopular conflict in Iran, which spiked energy prices, fueled global inflation and eventually doomed Republicans in the midterm vote on Nov.
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Hegseth, who has said the news conference would focus on the impeachment threat, is gearing up for a fight, having launched a social media blitz and saying he is ready to defend his and President Donald Trump’s actions from “politically motivated people.”
Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican who lost his primary to a Trump-backed opponent, filed the impeachment resolution in the House on Monday (November 9). Rep. It sets the stage for a dramatic vote on whether to remove a prominent Trump administration figure following sweeping losses for Republicans in last week’s midterm elections that many at least partly blamed on the Iran conflict and its economic impact. The resolution largely focuses on the war in Iran but also includes references to Mr. Hegseth’s role in military actions in Yemen against Iranian-backed Houthi rebels and Venezuela. Mr.
Massie said Hegseth’s actions amount to “high crimes and misdemeanors” and his leadership at the Pentagon “warrants impeachment. Trump has backed Hegseth, pointing to the raid to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in January as well as military operations against Iran that he asserts have “obliterated” its navy and air force.
