FBI Investigates Democrats Who Advised Military on Refusing Illegal Orders

Congressional Warning on Illegal Orders

• 🇺🇸 Six Democratic members of Congress are being investigated by the FBI for advising military personnel that they can legally refuse to carry out unlawful orders.
• 💬 The FBI has requested interviews with these lawmakers to determine if there was any wrongdoing.

Pentagon and Presidential Response

• ⚠️ The Pentagon had previously threatened to recall Senator Mark Kelly, a Navy veteran, to active duty for potential military charges.
• 🗣️ Defense Secretary Pete Hegsath described the lawmakers' video message as "seditious social media activity."
• ⚖️ President Donald Trump also accused the six Democrats of sedition, a crime he suggested could be punishable by death.

Lawmakers' Concerns and Motivations

• 📜 The legislators, including Senators Kelly and Alyssa Slotkin, and Representatives Jason Crowe, Maggie Goodlander, Chris Duzio, and Chrissy Houlahan, are all military veterans.
• 🚢 Their video was created amid concerns that the Trump administration might be illegally ordering strikes on vessels carrying drug traffickers in Latin American waters.
• ⚖️ The Pentagon's justification for these strikes is that the drug smugglers are considered terrorists.
• 🛡️ Senator Kelly dismissed the Pentagon's threat as an "intimidation tactic."