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Senator Slotkin is being investigated by Trump administration

Slotkin says federal prosecutors are investigating her over a video urging service members to resist illegal orders.

Senator Slotkin is being investigated by Trump administration
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Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin says federal prosecutors are investigating her over a video urging service members to resist illegal orders. The U.S. attorney’s office declined to confirm or deny an investigation, and the article says it is unclear what laws the video may have violated.

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Elissa Slotkin
D · MI · SEN

Michigan senator under federal investigation over a video involving military orders

PRIMARY SUBJECT
Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose reaction to the video is described

Pete Hegseth
R · Secretary of Defense

Defense secretary who censured Mark Kelly and is seeking to demote him

Pennsylvania representative who appeared in the video

New Hampshire representative who appeared in the video

Pennsylvania representative who appeared in the video

Mark Kelly
D · AZ · SEN

Arizona senator involved in the video and suing to block Hegseth’s proceedings

Jason Crow
D · CO-6

Colorado representative who appeared in the video

ALSO MENTIONED  Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney whose office was reported to have contacted Slotkin

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Slotkin Says Federal Prosecutors Sought Interview Over Orders Video

Slotkin says federal prosecutors are investigating her over a video urging service members to refuse illegal orders; the U.S. attorney’s office has not confirmed an investigation. Left-leaning outlets frame the inquiry as political intimidation of lawmakers defending constitutional limits. Center outlets mostly use descriptive language, stressing prosecutors’ nonconfirmation and the unclear legal basis while placing the dispute in a wider political context. Right-leaning outlets cast the video as an effort to disrupt military command and dismiss Slotkin’s concerns, rather than treating the inquiry chiefly as retaliation.

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