Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is demanding confirmation from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that its investigation into her participation in the “illegal orders” video is over after a grand jury failed to indict her and several other lawmakers earlier this month. In a Thursday letter obtained by Punchbowl News, lawyer Preet Bharara asked Attorney General… Source link
A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., declined a request by prosecutors to indict two Democratic U.S. senators, Mark Kelly of Arizona and Michigan’s Elissa Slotkin, on charges of seditious conspiracy, MS Now reported Tuesday night. The attempted indictment of Kelly, a former U.S. Navy captain and the former CIA analyst Slotkin related to a video in November that they made with four other Democrats in Congress, on which they reminded members of the U.S. military that they have the right to refuse to follow illegal orders by superiors. The video was released on social media in response to ongoing extrajudicial killings by the U.S. military of crews of boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that allegedly were carrying narcotics. The New York Times reported that federal prosecutors also tried and failed to obtain indictments against the other four Democrats, in addition to Kelly and Slotkin. Rep. Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, who is a former Navy reservist, and Rep. Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, a Navy veteran, later indicated they were among the six reportedly …
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is seen in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan said Thursday that she had refused to sit for a requested interview with the Department of Justice for its investigation over a video in which she and five other Democratic lawmakers urged U.S. troops not to follow illegal orders. “I’m not going to be sitting down for this inquiry. I’m not going to legitimize their actions,” Slotkin said in a videotaped statement she posted on X. Slotkin’s lawyer also sent letters to Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro, informing them of her noncompliance, and asking Bondi to order Pirro to drop the probe. The lawyer, Preet Bharara, urged Pirro to retain her records because of “anticipated litigation concerning potential violations of the Senator’s First Amendment rights and your office’s vindictive and retaliatory investigation.” Bharara, in a letter to Pirro, said that the message of the Nov. 18 video featuring Slotkin …
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) said Thursday she declined to be interviewed by federal prosecutors, saying the Trump administration has embarked on a campaign of “physical and legal intimidation” in response to a video produced by her and other lawmakers. Slotkin was one of six Democrats with a military or intelligence background to tape a video message telling… Source link
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks to a reporter following a vote at the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 1, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images At least four Democratic members of Congress say federal prosecutors are seeking to question them after they participated in a video urging members of the military to refuse illegal orders. Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., says she found out about the investigation when she received a call from the office of Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia. The New York Times first reported Slotkin’s knowledge of the investigation. Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., and Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., say federal prosecutors have also asked to question them about the video. A spokesperson for Pirro’s office declined to “confirm or deny the existence of an investigation” of either Democrat. The video, posted on social media in November, featured six congressional Democrats, all with military or intelligence backgrounds, pointing to the Uniform Code of Military Justice. “No one has to carry out …
