THE TRUTH ABOUT: House democrats to file 5 impeachment articles against hegseth report says - Caught on Camera

In the impeachment resolution obtained by the outlet, Democrats are focusing on Hegseth’s role in the war in Iran and the Signalgate scandal that embroiled the first few months of the Trump administration.

Arizona Rep. Yassamin Ansari, the first Iranian-American Democrat elected to Congress, is introducing the resolution, co-sponsored by eight others, including Reps. Sarah McBride of Delaware, Jasmine Crockett of Texas and Steve Cohen of Tennessee.

The Pentagon dismissed the move by Democrats and said they were merely “trying to make headlines as the Department of War decisively and overwhelmingly achieved the Presidents' objectives in Iran.”

Article 1 of the resolution—“Unauthorized war against Iran and reckless endangerment of United States service members”—says that Hegseth failed to seek congressional approval for launching U.S. strikes on Iran.

It also accused the Pentagon chief of “knowingly exposing members of the Armed Forces of the United States to substantial and foreseeable risk of injury or death,” and said the operation in general was “lacking defined objectives.”

Article 2 accused Hegseth of violating the law by targeting civilians, and cited the attack on a girls’ elementary school in Minab, southern Iran, early on in the conflict. The strike, which a preliminary investigation found the U.S. was likely behind, killed more than 175 people, including children.

Democrats called Hegseth out for his comments during a March 13 press briefing, “no quarter, no mercy for our enemies,” which the document stated was “an unlawful command.” The language is widely understood to mean “take no prisoners” or rejecting an opponent’s surrender and killing them.

In Article 3, Democrats brought up the Signalgate saga and said Hegseth “demonstrated gross negligence in the handling of sensitive and classified military information.”

In March 2025, Hegseth sent multiple messages about airstrikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen to a group chat on the private messaging app which included other senior members of the administration, including Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The chat also included Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, who was added accidentally by then-National Security Advisor Mike Waltz.

Democrats said Hegseth’s actions were “a betrayal of the trust placed in him and a dereliction of his duty to safeguard national security.”

The final two articles of the resolution accuse Hegseth of failing to “provide timely and complete information regarding military operations” to Congress, and “bringing disrepute upon the United States and its armed forces.”

Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson told Axios the resolution was “just another charade in an attempt to distract the American people from the major successes we have had here at the Department of War.”

Trump has continued to stand by Hegseth throughout his turbulent tenure at the Department of Defense, aka Department of War.

“Pete Hegseth is doing a great job,” the president said last month, and added that he has won over some senate critics since his confirmation.

“I'm telling you, people that were not for him, senators, friends of mine, ‘Sir, I don't think you're doing the right thing,’” said Trump. “Now they call me up, ‘What a choice.’”