Primary-source library · Updated November 10, 2026
Pete Hegseth impeachment: primary sources and official records
Start with the underlying documents, then verify dates and procedural outcomes against official House records. Each source below is labeled by what it can—and cannot—prove.
Published November 10, 2026 · Updated following House Roll Call 317
Source standard: A filing documents what a sponsor alleges. A press release documents what its issuer says. A House roll call documents a vote. None of those alone establishes the truth of a contested factual allegation.
The impeachment resolutions
Massie’s eight-article text
Publisher: Rep. Thomas Massie’s congressional office. Use it for: the article wording, allegations and structure first announced in September 2026. Do not use it for: the result of a later House vote. The linked file is a PDF.
Massie’s November 9, 2026 announcement
Publisher: Rep. Massie’s office. Use it for: confirmation that he renewed the eight-article effort and for his own account of the charges. Limit: it represents a sponsoring lawmaker’s position.
H.Res. 1177 (Ansari, April 15, 2026)
Publisher: U.S. Government Publishing Office. Use it for: the exact text, date, six article headings, and introduction/referral information for a distinct resolution. Do not confuse it with: Massie’s eight-article measure. See the side-by-side guide.
Proceedings and voting records
House Clerk: daily floor actions
Time-stamped House activity, including the offering of a resolution and procedural developments. The page changes as proceedings continue; check its displayed date.
House Clerk: recorded votes
Official yeas, nays, abstentions, vote descriptions and roll-call numbers. Verify whether a recorded vote concerned tabling, referral, another procedural question or the articles themselves. A scheduled vote is not an official result.
U.S. Senate: about impeachment
Explains the House’s accusation stage and the Senate’s trial and conviction process. It also explains the two-thirds Senate threshold for conviction of an impeached official.
Response from the subject of the charges
White House statement of November 10, 2026: In this official release, Hegseth rejects the impeachment allegations, maintains that the operations were lawful and describes the effort as politically motivated. This is the administration’s position and should be attributed as such, rather than treated as an independent ruling on the underlying legal questions.
Law and historical comparisons
- War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C., Chapter 33). For checking references to the consultation, reporting and withdrawal provisions invoked in the accusations. Legal interpretations of the statute and the underlying operations are disputed.
- House history: William Belknap impeachment (1876). A documented precedent involving a Cabinet secretary. The Senate acquitted him.
- Senate impeachment cases. A structured historical record including Belknap and former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
How to verify an update in five steps
- Identify the resolution’s sponsor and date.
- Open the text and confirm the specific article number or quoted passage.
- Consult the Clerk’s floor-action summary for the relevant day.
- If a roll call occurred, record its number, motion description, and vote totals.
- Distinguish the lawmaker’s allegation, the administration’s response, and the formal procedural outcome in the headline and body text.
This page is a reference index, not a claim that an unresolved impeachment effort has succeeded or failed. Read the eight articles explained, review the November procedure, or learn the Cabinet precedents.