The Trump administration has opened investigations into six congressional Democrats who released a video telling members of the U.S. military they should not follow illegal orders.
The Pentagon and the FBI are conducting the investigations. The Democrats in the video all are former members of the military or the intelligence community.
The controversial video echoes concern by Democrats over the legality of President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard to U.S. cities and the military's strikes on boats suspected of trafficking drugs in the Caribbean.
The Democrats in the video do not address specific incidents but say, “This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens.”
On Truth Social, Trump called actions by the Democrats “seditious” and said they could be “punishable by DEATH!” Seditious conspiracy is punishable by a fine and up to 20 years in prison but not death.
