Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff defended Sen. Mark Kelly and at a joint campaign rally in Georgia on Tuesday. The Trump administration earlier this year tried to prosecute Kelly and other lawmakers over their involvement in a video calling on military members to reject illegal orders.
A federal appeals court panel on Thursday seemed skeptical of the Department of Defense’s efforts to censure Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and lower his retirement rank over his role in a controversial video. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit sharply questioned the Pentagon over its assertion that Kelly, a retired Navy captain, is subject to military punishment for participating in the video that called on service members to “refuse illegal orders.” #trump #markkelly #petehegseth
Lindsey Granger delivers her lens on the Justice Department failing to secure an indictment from a grand jury against six Democrats who posted a video encouraging service members to defy illegal orders. #LindseyGranger #GrandJury #DOJ About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers.…
'Investigated, arrested, and hanged for sedition'
Reps. Jason Crow of Colorado, Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, and Sens. Mark Kelly of Arizona and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan were the Democrats that the DOJ tried indicting
It's the latest rejection of the Trump administration's efforts to penalize perceived political opponents.
A group of House and Senate Democrats denounced the Trump administration as they announced a grand jury declined to indict them over a video they appeared in urging service members to reject unlawful orders. Why it matters: Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) both accused President Trump of directing the Department of Justice against the lawmakers, all military veterans or former national security personnel, over the November video. - Trump had accused the lawmakers of "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR , punishable by DEATH" in response to the video that reminded the military and intelligence communities that "no one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution. The big picture: NBC News first…
The DOJ failed to secure indictments for Democratic members of Congress who participated in a video telling the military they could disobey illegal orders.
Federal prosecutors launched an investigation into the lawmakers after they released a short video advising current military members to reject “illegal orders.”