December 10, 2025 - Democrats want any documents or communications regarding lawmakers the FBI requested to interview.

November 26, 2025 - WASHINGTON — The FBI is working ... with the six Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video urging members of the military and intelligence community not to comply with illegal orders, according to a person familiar with the efforts.

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....

December 4, 2025 - When six Democrats urged members of the military to refuse orders that violate the law or constitution, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth swiftly branded them as “seditious” and even launched an investigation against Sen.

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December 5, 2025 - Their superiors understand that, ... hacks insinuating that they have or will issue illegal orders. “The Seditious Six’s” five military veterans and one former CIA analyst certainly know that, as well....

November 27, 2025 - A group of six Democratic lawmakers who filmed a widely seen video urging troops to “refuse illegal orders” have seen a spike in fundraising since Donald Trump accused them of sedition and federal agencies began probing their efforts.

November 27, 2025 - The 'Seditious Six' as they have been dubbed by MAGA loyalists, include Senator Mark Kelly and Senator Elissa Slotkin, along with Representatives Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan.

November 26, 2025 - the video the Democrats face the camera and tell servicemembers they can or should refuse orders that are illegal. The Pentagon now says it’s investigating one of the six, Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, a retired military officer. Nearly all Republicans in Congress have stood by the president, or stayed quiet, as Trump · accused the six of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”

November 26, 2025 - The president posted on social media they were committing “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL” by suggesting military members ignore their chain of command and shared a post calling for traitors to be hanged. The White House later denied Trump was threatening the lawmakers with death. Since then, the Pentagon has opened an investigation into Kelly, who is a retired Navy captain, and the six lawmakers claim the FBI has made inquiries through congressional authorities.

November 26, 2025 - 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. Can't see our graphics? Click here to reload the page. The 1 minute 21-second video was released Nov. 18 by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Michigan, a former CIA analyst, and includes Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, a former Navy captain, combat pilot in Iraq and space shuttle astronaut. Though all six Democrats, two senators and four representatives, are being investigated by the FBI, the Pentagon is focusing on Kelly.

November 25, 2025 - In a video, six Democratic lawmakers who held military and intelligence positions say 'illegal orders' can be refused.

November 26, 2025 - The group appeared in a video last week that called on service members and members of the intelligence community to "refuse illegal orders."

November 25, 2025 - Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, one of the six Democrats, said in a post on X. Slotkin, a former intelligence officer, said Trump "believes in weaponizing the federal government against his perceived enemies and does not believe laws apply to him or his Cabinet. He uses legal harassment as an intimidation tactic to scare people out of speaking up." Federal law defines a seditious conspiracy as an attempt to "overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States ...

November 25, 2025 - Chris Deluzio (Pa.), Maggie Goodlander (N.H.), Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.) and Jason Crow (Colo.), telling U.S. service members and intelligence personnel to defy any illegal orders from the administration.

November 25, 2025 - On Monday, Hegseth called the six Democrats in the video the "Seditious Six" but explained why the probe is focused solely on Kelly. "Five of the six individuals in that video do not fall under [Defense Department] jurisdiction (one is CIA and four are former military but not 'retired', so they are no longer subject to UCMJ).

November 26, 2025 - Mitchell Epner, a former federal ... with this contention that the six members of Congress … committed sedition is: they didn't use force." "If you do not use force — if you use trickery, if you use political persuasion — you are not committing sedition," Epner ...

November 26, 2025 - Trump responded on social media calling the six Democrats "traitors" and arguing "they 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," Trump said. On Monday, the Pentagon announced it would launch a "thorough review" into Kelly, and FBI Director Kash Patel said any bureau investigation would be "made by the career agents and analysts here at the FBI." Sedition is generally defined as any attempt to resist or disrupt the government; however, the federal criminal code has very detailed criteria.

November 26, 2025 - The Pentagon on Monday threatened to recall Senator Mark Kelly, a Navy veteran and one of the six lawmakers, to active duty potentially to face military charges over what Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth described on social media as "seditious" acts.