Pentagon Opens Formal Inquiry into Sen. Mark Kelly, Who Told Service Members to Defy Illegal Orders
The Pentagon opened an administrative investigation into Kelly over his participation in a video urging service members to refuse illegal orders.
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HOW WE SCORE ↗The Pentagon announced an administrative investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly over his participation in a video urging service members to refuse illegal orders. The story also reports that President Trump had called for the lawmakers in the video to be executed.
The Pentagon announced Wednesday that it would open an administrative investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy captain. The inquiry focuses on his participation in a video released the previous month with other Democratic lawmakers urging service members to refuse illegal orders from the Trump administration.
The report says President Trump had called for the Democratic lawmakers in the video to be executed.
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18 OUTLETSThe Pentagon escalated its review of Sen. Mark Kelly into a command investigation over a video urging service members to refuse unlawful orders.\n\nLeft-leaning outlets connect the inquiry to wider political conflict, but one stresses an unconfirmed claim of escalation while another reports Trump’s call for the lawmakers’ execution. Center outlets detail the inquiry and legal questions while reporting Kelly’s claim that it is meant to silence dissent. Right-leaning outlets foreground the Pentagon’s escalation and misconduct allegations, with some framing the video as undermining military discipline and Kelly’s criticism as a response.
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