{
  "id": 19398755,
  "title": "Hegseth Could Be the Third Cabinet Secretary to be Impeached. What Happened to the Others?",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/10/hegseth-could-be-the-third-cabinet-secretary-to-be-impeached-what",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-10T21:12:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Time",
    "slug": "time",
    "url": "https://time.com/article/2026/11/10/hegseth-could-be-the-third-cabinet-secretary-to-be-impeached/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The first Cabinet secretary to be impeached was William W. Belknap, who served as Secretary of War under President Ulysses S. Grant from 1869 to 1876. Belknap was accused of bribery, corruption, and accepting kickbacks in exchange for post-trader appointments at various military forts. Specifically, he is said to have given an exclusive contract to a trading post in modern-day Oklahoma. This came to light during investigations into the Grant administration in 1876, which was marked by financial corruption. Belknap was impeached by the House after the resolution directed committees to investigate government spending across all departments. Although impeachment itself doesn't guarantee conviction, it can result in disqualification from holding future federal office.",
  "summary": "Hegseth has dismissed the impeachment effort as a \"political spectacle.\"",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}