Republican Lawmaker Moves to Impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth

The move places a member of the Republican Party against a sitting administration official from his own party and creates a significant congressional challenge for Hegseth. The measure concerns removing him from the position of defense secretary, although the supplied reports use somewhat different descriptions of its procedural status, including a request, a motion and the initiation of impeachment proceedings.

A vote could take place soon. La Repubblica reports that lawmakers could vote by Wednesday, while Handelsblatt also describes a vote on Hegseth’s removal as potentially imminent. The available material does not establish the exact formal wording of the measure or the precise stage it has reached.

The initiative follows what the reports describe as a political setback for U.S. Republicans, with Tagesschau linking it specifically to a defeat in the midterm elections. That context frames the motion as part of wider pressure on Hegseth, but the supplied sources do not document additional internal party disputes or explain how lawmakers will vote.

Clarín gives a more specific account of the allegations, reporting that Massie accused Hegseth of conducting an illegal war against Iran. The allegation appears only in that source within the supplied material and is not independently corroborated by the other reports. Clarín also reports that the Pentagon called the accusation baseless and that Democratic leadership indicated support for the measure; those responses likewise remain single-source claims in the available evidence.

The immediate political consequences therefore remain open. The supplied reports confirm the initiation of the removal effort and the possibility of a near-term vote, but they do not establish whether the measure will pass or whether Hegseth will leave office.