Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth stated on Monday that he is “not anxious about” efforts to question him over his controversial management on the Pentagon and position administering the Iran conflict, asserting a uncommon press convention on the subject set for Tuesday.
“We’re not anxious about that,” Hegseth stated when requested by a reporter about Republican help on Capitol Hill amid the impeachment effort led by outgoing Republican Rep. Thomas Massie as quickly as Monday.
“We will do a press convention tomorrow morning on the Pentagon on that very subject. So I will save my remarks there. I hope you all come loaded for bear together with your questions,” stated Hegseth, who hasn’t held a press convention since Might.
Hegseth’s feedback come the identical day Massie is predicted to reintroduce a privileged decision to question Hegseth. Calls to question Hegseth have grown as several Republicans have attributed the GOP’s sweeping midterm losses to the Iran conflict.
Massie went via the method in mid-September solely to be thwarted by Speaker Mike Johnson, who canceled the ultimate scheduled day of legislative enterprise earlier than the midterm elections — staving off a vote on the time.
“Here is the parliamentary actuality of it. What Speaker Johnson has executed, I imagine, after speaking to the parliamentarian, is I should refile the articles of impeachment after we get again,” Massie informed ABC Information on Sept. 16. “They are going to expire. Possibly they’re going to develop. Possibly he’ll do one thing between now and the election that warrants one other article, or and so I will need to refile these after we get again.”
Rep. Thomas Massie speaks after shedding the Republican social gathering’s nomination throughout an election evening watch social gathering on the Marriott Cincinnati Airport, Might 19, 2026, in Hebron, Ky.
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After Massie reintroduces the decision, the Home should take up the measure inside two legislative days — forcing Republicans to go on the report defending Hegseth after struggling main losses within the 2026 midterm elections.
To date, Massie has not amended the decision, which incorporates eight articles of impeachment starting from waging conflict with out the consent of Congress to suppressing free speech.
Massie, a conservative who has gained a popularity as a constitutionalist via his seven phrases within the Home, misplaced a major earlier this summer time after President Donald Trump endorsed his opponent.
Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth within the Oval Workplace of the White Home in Washington, DC, October 30, 2026.
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It is unclear whether or not an impeachment effort will succeed within the Home, which continues to be underneath Republican management, however Massie informed ABC Information’ Jon Karl that he is assured there shall be sufficient GOP defectors for it to cross. Massie wants a easy majority for the impeachment decision to achieve the Home, that means that simply three Republicans have to vote with all Democrats to prevail.
It would not seem that any Democrats will vote towards the impeachment effort. Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries came out in support of impeaching Hegseth saying on ABC Information’ “This Week” on Sunday that he is a “onerous sure.”
GOP leaders may supply a movement to “desk” the decision reasonably than take a direct vote on the underlying measure. That would want to cross by a easy majority.
Home Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer declined to again the Hegseth impeachment effort, however Massie volunteered that “there’s numerous questions on” Hegseth, together with the embattled secretary’s technique in Iran.
“I’ll weigh the controversy and decide,” retiring Republican Rep. Don Bacon informed ABC Information’ Kyra Phillips on Friday when requested if he’ll vote to question Hegseth. “I do assume the secretary has made some unhealthy errors.”
Even when the measure passes within the Home, it could nonetheless want approval by a two-thirds majority within the GOP-controlled Senate, a lofty threshold that is unlikely to be met.
Trump has maintained that he has “every intention to keep” Hegseth atop the Pentagon.
In a video posted Thursday, Hegseth proclaimed that he is not going to again down — doubling down on the Iran conflict and his cultural agenda on the Pentagon whereas drawing a parallel to Trump.
“This isn’t about me, however in fact the opposite facet, they’re obsessed. A disgruntled, defeated congressman, together with all his Democratic allies has additionally dropped sham articles of impeachment towards yours actually. Identical to they tried towards President Trump twice,” Hegseth stated within the video.
ABC Information’ Steven Beynon contributed to this report.
