US EditionDemocrats Involved in Video to Troops Say FBI Is Targeting Them
The FBI and Justice Department seek interviews with six Democratic lawmakers over a video urging refusal of illegal military orders amid concerns of potential unlawful strikes.
- The FBI has requested interviews of six Democratic lawmakers, to be conducted by U.S. Capitol Police at the Justice Department's direction.
- Last week, the lawmakers released a video saying service members can refuse illegal orders amid Democratic concerns about administration strikes in Latin American waters.
- Among those in the video were former service members such as Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., former CIA analyst, and Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Navy veteran, along with Reps. Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, Chrissy Houlahan, and Jason Crow.
- With the Pentagon and DOJ involved, immediate questions center on military recall and legal steps, as the Pentagon threatened to recall Sen. Mark Kelly to active duty and a Justice Department official said interviews will determine "if there's any wrongdoing".
- On Nov. 25, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., said the FBI Counterterrorism Division alerted her to a potential inquiry and called it a "scare tactic," noting threats including a bomb threat to her family.
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Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI
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Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025 in Wyandotte, Michigan. (Photo by Paul Sancya – Pool/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Democratic members of Congress who released a video in mid-November telling members of the military that they are not required to follow illegal orders announced Tuesday the Federal Bureau of Investigation has asked to spe…
Democrats threatened by Trump over video say they’re now being probed by the FBI
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025 in Wyandotte, Michigan. (Photo by Paul Sancya – Pool/Getty Images)WASHINGTON — Democratic members of Congress who released a video in mid-November telling members of the military that they are not required to follow illegal orders announced Tuesday the Federal Bureau of Investigation has asked to spe…
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FBI and Justice Department officials have reached out for interviews with the six veteran Democrats who implored military service members to "refuse illegal orders" in a controversial video last week.
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