Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s pending impeachment would make him the third U.S. Cabinet official to be impeached in the nation’s history, though the distance between the first and second was nearly 150 years.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) filed articles of impeachment against Hegseth on Monday and forced a vote within two days, on charges ranging from the operation to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to his handling of the war with Iran. The first Cabinet impeachment was of Secretary of War William Belknap, in 1876, who served under President Ulysses S. Grant. The second was Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in 2024, who served under former President Joe Biden.
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