Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday (November 10, 2026) called moves to impeach him over abuse of power in the Iran war a farce that would fail. U.S.
Representative Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, introduced eight articles of impeachment against him. Mr. Hegseth made the comment at a news conference a day after U.S. In his first Pentagon news conference since May , Mr. “This is not patriotism.
Hegseth said attempts to impeach President Donald Trump had failed and added: “They will fail again. This is sabotage,” he said. Referring to the Iran war, he said: “I stand beside every one of these operations.
I was proud to execute them, and I would do it again tomorrow.”
In a post on X, Mr.
Massie said the House would hold a first vote on Tuesday on a procedural motion to kill the resolution. “If we can overcome that effort, we will proceed to a real debate and vote on the Articles of Impeachment,” he said.
