‘High crimes and misdemeanors’: Hegseth impeachment laid out on House floor

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) has officially his introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump's Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth.

Massie gave a floor speech on Monday announcing his move, captured by CNN.

"The resolution is as follows," said Massie. "Impeaching Peter Brian Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, for high crimes and misdemeanors. Resolved that Peter Brian Hegseth, Secretary of Defense, also referred to as Secretary of War by the administration, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate."

He began reading out his eight-count impeachment manifesto, which accuses Hegseth, among other things, of illegally waging war in Iran and Yemen, defying Congress' order to withdraw, violating the 60-day limit on hostilities, allowing for illegal deaths of civilians, extrajudicially murdering people in boat strikes, unlawfully kidnapping the Venezuelan leader, and unlawfully suppressing the free speech of members of Congress by attempting to levy military sanctions against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ).

Massie, a libertarian-leaning lawmaker who was denied another term after Trump intervened in his primary earlier this year, has become increasingly outspoken against the administration.