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Rep. Thomas Massie predicted that, one way or another, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will be out of office by the end of the year.
The Kentucky Republican made the remarks Monday on CNN, hours after he introduced articles of impeachment against Hegseth, setting the stage for a House vote that could come as early as Tuesday. Should the House pass the resolution, the matter would then move to the Senate for a trial.
In the interview, host Kaitlin Collins noted that President Donald Trump has publicly supported Hegseth, who faces a slew of charges, including waging war against Iran without congressional approval, ignoring laws that minimize civilian casualties and extrajudicial killings.
“They stand by them until the day they don’t,” Massie said. “I still put it at a high probability that Pete Hegseth won’t make it until December 31 of this year.”
Massie, a libertarian conservative who broke with the president over the Iran war and the Epstein files, lost his GOP primary in May to a Trump-endorsed challenger.
Asked to explain his thinking, Massie said that, if Hegseth does not step aside now, he will again face impeachment proceedings from Democrats, who reclaimed control of both the Senate and the House…
