A federal grand jury on Tuesday declined to go along with an effort by the Trump Justice Department to indict Democratic lawmakers involved in a November video reminding members of the US military of their duty to refuse illegal orders, a message that came as President Donald Trump deployed troops to major American cities. The failed attempt to indict the six Democratic lawmakers was led by…
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Department of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday he was issuing a formal censure against one of the six Democratic lawmakers who made a video stating that members of the U.S. military have a legal and moral obligation to ignore illegal orders from their superiors, including from President Donald Trump. In addition to the formal censure against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Arizona)…
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White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt claimed on Monday that “all orders” by President Donald Trump should be “presumed” legal by the military, as she defended comments he made last week threatening Democratic lawmakers with “DEATH.” Speaking to reporters outside of the White House on Monday, Leavitt claimed that Democrats were trying to create “chaos” within the military by reminding…
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The courageous action of six Democratic members of Congress has thrust into the national discourse the duty of military and CIA personnel to disobey Donald Trump’s illegal orders. As the Trump administration continues to unlawfully murder people in small vessels in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, deploy the National Guard to U.S. cities, and ignore court orders, the six lawmakers were moved to…
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