Impeaching Peter B. Hegseth, Secretary of Defense of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
Sponsored By: Representative Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
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Summary
Impeachment for alleged murder and unlawful handling of classified information. This resolution would impeach Secretary of Defense Peter B. Hegseth, charging him with ordering lethal strikes on small boats beginning September 2, 2025, and with recklessly handling classified material shared in a Signal group chat from March 11–15, 2025.
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- Families and survivors: The resolution alleges one Caribbean Sea strike destroyed a vessel carrying 11 people, killed most aboard, and that survivors were later targeted. It frames those deaths as murder and conspiracy to murder.
- Service members and operations: It alleges the Signal chat disclosed imminent strike times and targeting details to unauthorized channels, which the resolution says endangered personnel and operations.
- National accountability and trust: The articles invoke command responsibility and say the alleged actions harmed civil‑military relations and U.S. standing.
- Consequence for Hegseth: The resolution seeks impeachment, trial, removal from office, and disqualification from holding future federal office.
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Impeachment for mishandling classified information
This resolution would impeach Secretary Hegseth for reckless and unlawful handling of classified material. It says he took part in a Signal group chat from March 11–15, 2025 and on March 15 shared detailed operational strike times and targeting information. The resolution cites 18 U.S.C. 1924 and would seek his removal and disqualification if adopted.
Impeachment of Defense Secretary Hegseth
This resolution would impeach Secretary of Defense Peter B. Hegseth for murder and conspiracy to murder. It says strikes starting on September 2, 2025 hit small boats and killed people, and that survivors were later struck. The resolution alleges Hegseth ordered the attacks and that the strikes lacked legal authorization. If adopted, it would seek his removal and bar him from future federal office.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]
TX • D
Sponsored 1/15/2026
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