US EditionFBI Requests Interviews with Six Democratic Lawmakers Over Military 'Illegal Orders' Video
The FBI seeks interviews with six Democratic lawmakers who urged military personnel to reject unlawful orders amid concerns over recent strikes on suspected drug traffickers, Pentagon officials said.
- On Tuesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation asked the U.S. Capitol Police to arrange interviews with six members of Congress, Fox News reported roughly a week after President Donald Trump called for arrests.
- Amid concerns over legality, Democratic lawmakers recorded a video urging refusal of unlawful orders, amid Democratic concern and private worry from some U.S. military commanders that recent strikes on vessels in Latin American waters may violate the law.
- The video named six lawmakers, including Senator Elissa Slotkin , a former CIA analyst and Iraq war veteran, and Senator Mark Kelly , a Navy veteran.
- The Pentagon threatened to recall Senator Mark Kelly to active duty with potential charges, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called the posts "seditious," while Kelly dismissed the threat as intimidation on Monday.
- As coverage expanded Tuesday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not immediately respond to requests for comment amid an unfolding political and legal dispute over recent strikes raising potential legal or disciplinary consequences.
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FBI seeks interviews with Slotkin, others who urged US troops to defy ‘illegal orders’
Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin and other Democrats who appeared in a video urging U.S. troops to refuse “illegal orders” say the FBI wants to schedule interviews, signaling a possible inquiry.
FBI to interview Democrat lawmakers who urged military to defy 'illegal orders'
The FBI sought interviews with six Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging U.S. service members to reject “illegal orders,” a development that suggests a rapidly escalating review of the lawmakers’ conduct that some military and legal experts say could prove difficult to prosecute under existing statutes. The FBI and Justice Department contacted the Senate Sergeants at Arms on Monday to begin scheduling conversations with the lawmake…
FBI seeking to schedule interviews with Democratic lawmakers in controversial video
By Holmes Lybrand, Kristen Holmes, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The FBI is seeking to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who, in a controversial video posted last week, urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders. The six – Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, and Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, Chris Deluzio, Jason Crow and Maggie Goodlander – were quickly attacked on Truth Social by President Donald Trum…
FBI seeking to schedule interviews with Democratic lawmakers in controversial video
By Holmes Lybrand, Kristen Holmes, Morgan Rimmer, CNN (CNN) — The FBI is seeking to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who, in a controversial video posted last week, urged service members and intelligence officials to disobey illegal orders. The six – Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin, and Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, Chris Deluzio, Jason Crow and Maggie Goodlander – were quickly attacked on Truth Social by President Donald Trum…
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