The U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, DC failed to secure an indictment against six Democratic members of Congress who made a video last fall telling service members they could refuse illegal orders, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
The members, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Sen. Mark Kelly, Rep. Maggie Goodlander, Rep. Jason Crow, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, and Rep. Chris DeLuzio posted a video to social media saying that as former members of the military and intelligence community, current members should refuse illegal orders, if they are given.
“This is an outrageous abuse of power by Donald Trump and his lackies. It wasn’t enough for Pete Hegseth to censure me and threaten to demote me, now it appears they tried to have me charged with a crime — all because of something I said that they didn’t like. That’s not the way things work in America,” Sen. Mark Kelly posted on X. “Donald Trump wants every American to be too scared to speak out against him. The most patriotic thing any of us can do is not back down.”
