Democrats Who Urged Military to ‘Refuse Illegal Orders’ to Be Interviewed by FBI
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The FBI and the Justice Department are seeking to interview six Democrat members of Congress about a controversial video they participated in, urging members of the military and intelligence community to “refuse illegal orders.”
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A Justice Department official spoke on condition of anonymity to Reuters and claimed the FBI interviews sought to determine “if there’s any wrongdoing, and then go from there.”
The video, which was released last week, featured two sitting U.S. senators and four members of the House of Representatives, a majority of whom were veterans. The members of Congress who participated in the video were Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich.; Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa.; Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H.; Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.; Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo.
Last night, the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division appeared to open an inquiry into me in response to a video President Trump did not like.
The President directing the FBI to target us is exactly why we made this video in the first place. He believes in weaponizing the federal…
— Sen. Elissa Slotkin (@SenatorSlotkin) November 25, 2025
President Donald Trump, who is the commander in chief of the American armed forces, decried the lawmakers’ statements in the film, writing on Nov. 20 on Truth Social, “It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand – We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET.”
The Department of War then announced on Nov. 24 that it had “received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.),” adding, “In accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 688, and other applicable regulations, a thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures.”
Kelly, for his part, declared that he would not be “silenced” or “intimidated” in a recent interview.
“Secretary [Pete] Hegseth’s tweet is the first I heard of this. I also saw the President’s posts saying I should be arrested, hanged, and put to death. If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution,” Kelly posted on X on Monday.
With the potential law enforcement interviews and further public comments, the Trump administration appears to be doubling down on its criticism of the Democrat lawmakers.
Donald Trump can try to intimidate me, but it’s not going to work. My job is to defend the Constitution and hold any president accountable. pic.twitter.com/FzfW8qQz5f
— Senator Mark Kelly (@SenMarkKelly) November 25, 2025
“The despicable video urging @DeptofWar troops to ‘refuse illegal orders’ may seem harmless to civilians — but it carries a different weight inside the military,” Hegseth posted Tuesday morning on X.
“In the military, vague rhetoric and ambiguity undermines trust, creates hesitation in the chain of command, and erodes cohesion. The military already has clear procedures for handling unlawful orders. It does not need political actors injecting doubt into an already clear chain of command,” Hegseth continued.
“As veterans of various sorts, the Seditious Six knew exactly what they were doing — sowing doubt through a politically-motivated influence operation. The @DeptofWar won’t fall for it or stand for it,” the war secretary concluded.
The Daily Signal has reached out to the offices of the members of Congress who participated in the video for comment.
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This article was originally published at The Daily Signal. Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America – Mark Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=76834642.
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I will also add that they should be courtmartialed and all military benefits taken. They don’t deserve any benefits when they are encourage those in the military to refuse orders so that they get punished for their treasonous advice. I trust God to take care of this evil again from demoncrats.
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They should be arrested and held for trial also they should be removed from congress. Their behavior is definitely treasonous. So these 6 traitors are going to determine what is illegal. The democratic party is breaking laws by choosing what federal laws they will enforce. Innocent American citizens are dying everyday at the hands of illegals, gangs, and drug cartels because of greed. Very hypocritical of democrats to portray themselves as the only ones to be in the right. Now people want to defend their actions as righteous. Remember the democrats are the party of abortion anytime before birth and even a certain after birth for any reason, parents have no rights over their children and their children belong to the government so that the government can teach the children all satan’s evils, and the democrats have disregarded God’s creation of man and woman and the differences in them. These are some of the reasons why I have called them demoncrats because that is what they have become. The One True Living God will come and pass judgement on us all and it will be eternal. May the demoncrats repent of their sins and seek God’s forgiveness. I trust in God NOT mankind. 🙏😇🙏❤️
Wherever man is, there are problems. “The heart is desperately wicked, who can trust it.” Jeremiah 17
Again, here is the truth: Trump spent this morning calling a group of military veterans in Congress traitors and saying they “should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL.” Their crime, in Trump’s eyes, was their release Tuesday of a video reminding military and intelligence officers that they must refuse illegal orders.
“Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home. Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders;
At 10:21 he posted: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”
And so, an American president called for the arrest and execution of elected lawmakers.
Restating the law is not sedition, and Fox News Channel legal analyst Andy McCarthy promptly wrote: “There is no insurrection or sedition without the use of force. Disobeying a lawful order is insubordination, not insurrection or sedition. Disobeying an unlawful order is required. That is all.”
Professor of the early American republic Joanne Freeman wrote that she was “[n]ot going to repost DJT’s howling threats against Democratic lawmakers. I’ll just say: 1. We still have free speech here. 2. People can still oppose the president. 3. No—George Washington wouldn’t have hanged the lawmakers because HE WAS VERY CAREFUL TO STAY STRICTLY WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF HIS OFFICE AS PRESIDENT. He didn’t want to be a king or dictator. Plus, he was in his right mind.”
By noon, the White House was doing cleanup. At 1:58, CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe reported from Reuters: “TRUMP DOES NOT WANT TO EXECUTE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, WHITE HOUSE SAYS,” an astonishing sentence to see coming from the government of the United States of America.
Hours later, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to defuse the crisis of the president calling for the execution of members of Congress by claiming the Democratic lawmakers were the ones encouraging violence. When asked about it, Leavitt said, “They are literally saying to 1.3 million active duty service members to defy the chain of command, not to follow lawful orders.” A reporter interrupted: “Actually, they said…illegal orders.” Leavitt claimed, “They’re suggesting…that the president has given illegal orders, which he has not. Every single order that has given [sic] to this United States military by this commander-in-chief and through this chain of command through the secretary of war is lawful.”
In fact, Gordon Lubold, Courtney Kube, and Dan De Luce of NBC News reported yesterday that the senior judge advocate general, or JAG, at U.S. Southern Command in Miami, the command that oversees the U.S. strikes on the small boats near Venezuela, expressed concern that the 82 deaths from the strikes were extrajudicial killings. If so, they would expose service members participating in the operations to legal repercussions.
According to the reporters, the opinion of a command’s top JAG on the legality of a military operation typically would determine whether the operation went forward. It is possible for higher officials to overrule their findings, but their concerns are typically addressed before the operation begins. In this case, though, the reporters write, officials at the Office of Legal Counsel in the Justice Department and other senior government officials overruled the JAG.
This new information adds fuel to the concerns of lawyers and lawmakers of both parties about the legality of the boat strikes just as lawmakers are pushing back on the administration’s refusal to honor the 1973 War Powers Act that requires the president to get Congress’s permission to continue strikes for more than 60 days. That deadline passed on November 2, and now the administration appears to be considering a broader assault on Venezuela.
On Tuesday, November 18, Representatives Gregory Meeks (D-NY), top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee; Adam Smith (D-WA), top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee; Jim Himes (D-CT), top Democrat of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Bennie Thompson (D-MS), top Democrat of the House Homeland Security Committee; Jason Crow (D-CO), top Democrat of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Special Operations; and Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced a War Powers Resolution to stop the administration, as they said, “from continuing to use U.S. Armed Forces to conduct strikes in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific, operations the administration has carried out for more than 60 days without congressional authorization.”
In the last week, Trump’s iron grip on congressional Republicans has appeared to be slipping. All but one member of Congress voted for the Epstein Files Transparency Act, and then enough Republicans crossed the aisle to sign a second discharge petition to force a House vote on a bipartisan bill to repeal Trump’s executive order stripping union protections from federal workers. If there is anything but a demand for absolute power behind his insistence that Democrats are traitors, it might be a hope of winning wavering Republicans away from budding bipartisanship and back to his MAGA standard.
Some Trump loyalists did indeed jump to the president’s defense. More stayed silent.
After Trump’s threats, the six lawmakers who made the video—Slotkin, Kelly, Deluzio, Goodlander, Houlahan, and Crow—issued a statement:
“We are veterans and national security professionals who love this country and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. That oath lasts a lifetime, and we intend to keep it. No threat, intimidation, or call for violence will deter us from that sacred obligation.
“What’s most telling is that the President considers it punishable by death for us to restate the law. Our servicemembers should know that we have their backs as they fulfill their oath to the Constitution and obligation to follow only lawful orders. It is not only the right thing to do, but also our duty.
“But this isn’t about any one of us. This isn’t about politics. This is about who we are as Americans. Every American must unite and condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence. This is a time for moral clarity.
“In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage. We will continue to lead and will not be intimidated.
It is the behavior of the President here that is indefensible, and yet somehow Christians think this is appropriate. Unreal.
It’s comments like yours…and other democrats that are responsible for the shooting of two heroes in DC yesterday., the blood is in your hands… you claim you’re a Christian., but by your hatred and your comments., I highly doubt it… btw., this is the third time I’ve seen you post this..
It is comments like yours that show how so many Evangelical Christians have just sold their souls for politics. There is nothing hateful in my comments, I am just providing more factual information than IFA presents. There is no way blood is on my hands or any other Democrat because of that shooting, it was tragic, yet you simply blame Democrats because you disagree over politics. I am a Christian and with knowing nothing about me except that I present truthful information, you post hateful comments about a fellow believer. What does that say about you? And, btw, it is only the second time I posted this.
Your information is not “truthful”, it is skewed. i served in the military. What they have done has undermined our military and our country. They tell out and out actual lies. Truth seems to be based more on opinions than facts these days.
and you post hateful comments., that are untrue about President Trump… dust off your Bible ., and read where we’re to pray for those in authority… President Trump was appointed by God ., for such a time as this..and I absolutely believe there’s blood on your hands as well as anyone who spreads this hateful propaganda… sadly., it started with Charlie Kirk and will continue
These comments are delusional. Is this what Christianity has come to? My comments are not in the least bit hateful. I simply present truthful commentary on what happened with no hate directed to anyone. Notice that nothing is pointed out where I write something false, because it is all true. And for my comments, I am given hateful and disrespectful comments. Someone who served in the military should know that this reminder is not seditious. Dust off my Bible? Do you read yours or just throw out comments like that? I suggest you read Jesus’ teaching in Matthew 5-7, particularly 5:43-48 that says we are to treat all equally. I suggest you read the gospel of Luke, particularly the prayers and the content of those prayers. I suggest you read Matthew 25:31-48, the judgement of the nations. I also suggest you read the books of Proverbs and James to see where wisdom really comes from. The Bible tells us to pray for our leaders, not just for the president, not just for Republican leaders. We are also to pray for Democratic leaders, like those in the video.
WOW – Brenda you got da big bad TDS sickness. I smell an evil Jez….man your loooooooooong comments expose your hatred for Trump. Get a grip…but that won’t happen your too far gone.
May justice be served in this situation, YHVH. May each be held accountable, by the nation they claim to serve.
FATHER GOD I bind that lying spirit of jealousy and hatred on that Kelly man. President Trump did Not call for his execution. President Trump merely said that for acts of sedition, the punishment could be death! FATHER GOD I also bind the spirit of murder and harm to our leaders from any military member because of the seditious six’s harmful video. I decree that every trap set by their willful and evil words, that according to YOUR WORD, the 6 will fall into their own trap. Please send YOUR angels to surround and protect President Trump and his family and his cabinet and all of the workers at the White House in JESUS MIGHTY NAME! Amen!