February 11, 2026 - US federal prosecutors have failed to secure an indictment against six members of Congress who published a video last year encouraging US troops to disobey orders they deem illegal. A grand jury declined to indict the Democratic lawmakers on charges of seditious conspiracy in the case pursued by the office of the US attorney for the District of Columbia, Jeanine Pirro, who was nominated to the position by President Donald Trump.

November 27, 2025 - They have claimed that these lawmakers ... MAGA loyalists, include Senator Mark Kelly and Senator Elissa Slotkin, along with Representatives Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan....

December 4, 2025 - Two weeks ago, six US lawmakers, all military or intelligence veterans, released a cryptic YouTube video where they spoke directly to American service members. They were Senators Mark Kelly (Arizona) and Elissa Slotkin (Michigan), and ...

November 20, 2025 - The lawmakers seen in the video are Sens. Elissa Slotkin, of Michigan; Mark Kelly, of Arizona; U.S.

November 25, 2025 - After six congressional Democrats released a video advising members of the U.S. military and national security community to "refuse illegal orders," President Donald Trump said the lawmakers should be tried in court for "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"

November 29, 2025 - Military law professionals say President Trump’s administration likely has no criminal charges available to use against the six Democratic lawmakers who, in an online video this month, told service members to refuse illegal orders from the commander in chief. The experts did caution that Sen. Mark Kelly, Arizona Democrat, could be penalized, although probably not. The responses come after Mr. Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth labeled the group the “Seditious Six” and the president suggested last week in a Truth Social post that they were “traitors to our country” and “should be arrested and put on trial.” · “Their words cannot be allowed to stand — We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example must be set,” the president posted. Eugene Fidell, who teaches military justice at Yale Law School, says not so fast. He slapped the president’s shot as ...

November 20, 2025 - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump accused six Democratic lawmakers of sedition on social media Thursday and threatened them with punishment as severe as death, after they appeared in a video message encouraging U.S. armed forces to refuse ...

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November 25, 2025 - According to Fox News, the FBI ... with the six Democratic lawmakers who participated in a controversial video – a filmed segment that repeatedly urged U.S. servicemembers and members of the U.S. intelligence community to disobey orders from ...

November 28, 2025 - The group of six Democratic lawmakers (all with military or national-security backgrounds) — now widely dubbed the “Seditious Six” — are attempting to cloak themselves in constitutional righteousness.

March 27, 2026 - Presidential advisor Stephen Miller had characterized the Democrats’ video as a call for “insurrection” and as a “general call for rebellion.” Trump had referred to it as “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL,” called for jailing the members of Congress and suggested that their offenses were “punishable by DEATH.” Secretary Hegseth had referred to the six members of Congress as the “Seditious Six.” In a letter of reprimand, Hegseth said Kelly’s comments “undermined the chain of command; counseled disobedience; created confusion about duty; brought discredit upon the armed forces; and engaged in conduct unbecoming an officer.”

November 25, 2025 - The Pentagon chief argued the six Democrats, whom he called the “Seditious Six,” “knew exactly what they were doing — sowing doubt through a politically-motivated influence operation” and that the Pentagon “won’t fall for it or stand for it.”

December 5, 2025 - In other words, the Seditious Six are a thinly-disguised branch of No Kings, Inc. There may be some truth behind the conspiracy theories, but it’s also true that this particular color revolution isn’t particularly colorful.

December 2, 2025 - Under the UCMJ, servicemembers must obey lawful orders, which are presumed lawful unless “manifestly unlawful” — plainly unconstitutional. My Lai and Abu Ghraib drove the point home. “Following orders” didn’t protect those who abused civilians; each man was held responsible. The rule is simple and enduring: an illegal order is no order at all. I served as strategic weapons officer on my second boat, responsible for a dozen Mk-48 torpedoes and 16 Trident C4 missiles — the launch trigger sat in my hand. Any order to fire had to be authenticated and verified; the captain couldn’t just decide to shoot. Every officer and enlisted man was trained on what counted as a lawful order and when an order, even from the top, had to be refused. With that kind of firepower, getting it wrong doesn’t just cost careers; it endangers the world. Last week, six Democrats with military and intelligence backgrounds cut a video telling troops to ignore the chain of command if they think they’ve received unlawf

November 20, 2025 - President Donald Trump on Thursday accused half a dozen Democratic lawmakers of sedition "punishable by DEATH" after the lawmakers — all veterans of the armed services and intelligence community — called on U.S. military members to uphold the constitution and defy "illegal orders." WATCH LIVE: White House holds news briefing after Trump signs release of Epstein files · The 90-second video was first posted early Tuesday from Sen. Elissa Slotkin's X account. In it, the six lawmakers — Slotkin, Arizona Sen.

November 21, 2025 - The subsequent frenzy of media ... comments from the group that includes two senators, Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, and four members of the House of Representatives, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, Chrissy Houlahan, and Jason Crow....

4 days ago - They gave an example of a problem they had encountered: The trial of the five Proud Boys indicted for seditious conspiracy had been rescheduled for the end of 2022 because the prosecutors and the defendants' counsel did not want to start the trial without the relevant interview transcripts.

December 5, 2025 - Chris Deluzio (PA-17), Chrissy Houlahan (PA-6), Maggie Goodlander (NH-2), and Jason Crow (CO-6), as well as Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ). Houlahan represents all of Chester County and portions of Berks County.