This is a resolution introduced in the House of Representatives on December 9, 2025, that formally impeaches Peter B. Hegseth, the Secretary of Defense, on two major charges. The first article accuses Secretary Hegseth of murder and conspiracy to murder, alleging that he ordered the Armed Forces to conduct lethal strikes against small boats in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean starting September 2, 2025. According to the resolution, these strikes were carried out without congressional authorization, without warning to the vessels, and without attempting to intercept or board them as would occur in normal drug interdiction operations. The resolution claims that at least one boat contained 11 people whose identities remain unknown, and that experts believe the vessel more likely carried migrants rather than drug smugglers. The resolution further alleges that after an initial strike rendered the boat inoperable and killed most aboard, Secretary Hegseth ordered a second strike specifically to kill the surviving shipwrecked people clinging to wreckage—a practice the resolution describes as a fundamental war crime under international law and centuries of legal precedent.

The second article charges Secretary Hegseth with reckless and unlawful mishandling of classified information. It alleges that from March 11-15, 2025, Secretary Hegseth and other top officials, including the Vice President, Secretary of State, and National Security Advisor, used Signal, a commercial messaging app not authorized for classified discussions, to plan and discuss upcoming airstrikes in Yemen. The resolution claims that journalist Jeffrey Goldberg from The Atlantic was inadvertently added to this group chat and received detailed operational information including target locations, weapons systems, aircraft launch times, and bomb impact times. Goldberg subsequently published an article about this incident on March 24, 2025, with full transcripts that the administration confirmed as authentic. The resolution argues that such mishandling of classified information endangered military personnel and violated federal law.

If this impeachment resolution passes the House, it would proceed to the Senate for a trial to determine whether Secretary Hegseth should be removed from office and barred from holding future federal positions.