Jan. 14 (UPI) -- Sen. Elissa Slotkin said she is under federal investigation for a video in which she and five other Democratic members of Congress with uniformed service experience reminded active service members of their responsibility to refuse illegal orders.
The Michigan Democrat revealed the investigation in a recorded statement published to X on Wednesday, saying U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro for the District of Columbia asked to interview her last week because of the November video.
Slotkin described the probe as a continuation of President Donald Trump's tactics to intimidate her, other Democrats and critics into silence.
"To be clear, this is the president's playbook," she said. "Truth doesn't matter. Facts don't matter. And anyone who disagrees with him becomes an enemy and he then weaponizes the federal government against them."
The video was published in November amid a military buildup near Venezuela and as the Trump administration was using the military to attack alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Pacific and Caribbean that drew allegations of extrajudicial killings and war crimes.
