US War Secretary Pete Hegseth could face imminent impeachment by members of his own Republican Party in the US House of Representatives amid growing frustration over his role in the failed war of aggression on Iran, which cost Republicans many of their seats in Congress.
The Axios news website said in a report on Sunday that House Republican leaders expect more party colleagues to join a resolution to impeach Hegseth, with a vote on the resolution likely to take place this week.
The resolution, introduced by Republican lawmaker Thomas Massie, says that Hegseth has defied Congress and illegally continued the US war of aggression on Iran.
Republicans themselves admit that the war was the main cause of the opposition Democratic Party's sweeping victory in Tuesday's midterm congressional elections.
House Republicans had pushed for a vote on the impeachment motion before the midterm elections, but the vote was canceled after Speaker Mike Johnson sent lawmakers home early.
However, the Republicans' crushing defeat in the elections has encouraged many of them to back the impeachment effort.
“Iran, Iran, Iran ... We should have never done the war before the midterms,” a Republican lawmaker told Axios.
Massie, who is leaving Congress in January, said he would definitely reintroduce the articles of impeachment unless Hegseth resigns from his post.
He has called on US President Donald Trump to fire Hegseth before January, when Democrats take control of the Senate.
This comes amid reports of a widening rift between Hegseth and Trump over Hegseth's handling of the aggression against Iran, with some officials in the administration pushing for his resignation.
Trump said on Wednesday that he had no plans to replace his war secretary.
Removing Hegseth from office through impeachment would require approval by the House and a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate.
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