The House voted 211–204 on Tuesday to send Representative Thomas Massie’s impeachment resolution against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to committee, effectively shelving the effort, Stars and Stripes reported. Politico described the outcome as the defeat of a Republican-led attempt to impeach Hegseth, sparing him a potentially damaging trial and handing President Donald Trump a major win. [E5][E1]
Massie, a Kentucky Republican, was the only Republican who voted to keep the effort alive, Politico reported. He had accused the Pentagon chief of eight charges that Massie alleged amounted to high crimes and misdemeanours. Those were allegations made by Massie, not findings in the reports. After the vote, Massie said Republicans were “paralyzed and can’t do anything to correct for it.” [E3][E4]
Politico reported that the procedural vote killed Massie’s effort and ensured it would not move further in the current Congress. This paper reported on 10 November that Massie had introduced articles accusing Hegseth of waging war against Iran without congressional authorization and abusing the powers of his office. The change since that report is that the House’s procedural action ended the effort in this Congress, leaving Massie’s accusations as allegations. [E2][E6]