Rep. Thomas Massie, a Kentucky Republican, introduced new articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on the House floor Monday, accusing him of having "knowingly executed and implemented unlawful orders to initiate war against a foreign nation." The 34-page resolution contains eight articles and accuses Hegseth of high crimes and misdemeanors. The first charges him with waging the Iran war without a declaration of war, congressional authorization, an attack on the United States or an imminent threat. The other articles reach well beyond Iran, covering the strike on an Iranian school, the Pentagon's boat strikes in the Caribbean, the capture of Maduro, a war in Yemen and the Pentagon's scrutiny of Sen. Mark Kelly after a video urging troops to refuse illegal orders. Massie said Hegseth has shown he will remain a threat to the Constitution if he stays in office.

Under House rules, Republican leaders must now bring the resolution to a floor vote within two legislative days, which puts it on track for Wednesday, though Republicans could move to kill it with a majority vote. Hegseth has dismissed the effort, calling the articles a sham and vowing to stay in his job. Impeachment in the House takes only a simple majority, but removal would require a two-thirds vote in the Senate, so the odds of that are long. The charges are Massie's allegations, not findings by any court or committee, and Massie himself lost his primary to a Trump-backed challenger. The big question now is how many Republicans will join Democrats, or whether leaders will find a way to stop the vote.