US EditionTrump floats death penalty for Democratic lawmakers urging military to ‘refuse illegal orders’
President Trump called for arrest and trial of six Democratic lawmakers over a video urging troops to refuse illegal orders, citing 1.3 million active service members at risk, White House said.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump labeled six Democratic lawmakers traitors, demanded they be arrested and tried, and invoked seditious conduct as punishable by death.
- The joint video urged military and intelligence personnel to refuse illegal orders and warned of threats to the Constitution, featuring Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Senator from Michigan, Sen. Mark Kelly, Senator from Arizona, and four House Democrats with military backgrounds.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the video `Stage 4 TDS` and likened the lawmakers to the "al Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere," while White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller urged their resignation and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche called for a federal investigation.
- Legal experts say prosecuting lawmakers is uncertain due to broad immunity and seditious-conspiracy charges last used after January 6, 2021, while the Uniform Code of Military Justice allows refusal of unlawful orders but permits court-martial for lawful ones.
- A group of more than 300 former national security officials, the 'Steady State,' supported the six lawmakers, while Capitol Hill Democrats and Sen. Chris Coons condemned execution calls as chilling and warned trust in the military is at risk.
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Six Democratic lawmakers with experience working in the U.S. military and intelligence agencies have released a video message calling on active duty soldiers and personnel not to follow illegal orders from the Trump administration. President Trump responded strongly, saying, "Treason deserves the death penalty..."
White House: Trump doesn’t want Democrats to be executed, but to be held accountable
After Trump calls a Democrat-led video “seditious behavior, punishable by death”, White House spokesperson clarifies he doesn’t seek executions but wants lawmakers held accountable for urging troops to defy the chain of command.
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