Overview
- Democrats, who filed six articles Thursday, accuse Hegseth of breaking his oath, endangering U.S. troops, and committing war crimes.
- A key count cites the Feb. 28 strike on a girls' school in Iran, which Iranian officials say killed at least 170 people, with a preliminary New York Times review pointing to a misfired U.S. rocket.
- Other counts fault U.S. attacks on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and the Pacific.
- The filing also alleges careless handling of military details shared over the Signal app and argues the Iran action bypassed Congress.
- Pentagon spokeswoman Kingsley Wilson rejected the claims as headline-seeking, and Republican majorities make removal unlikely as Democrats sharpen focus on Hegseth.