FBI counterterror investigating 6 Dem lawmakers in video, Slotkin says
Trump denounced the lawmakers’ video and called for their arrest, prosecution and possible execution.

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TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates Mcall, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.
The Morning Call is an established regional newspaper, and the article is attributed to Tribune News Service and Detroit News reporters, indicating work from identifiable news organizations. The supplied story has named authors and attributes key claims to the people making them, though no FBI statement is included.
- Source type — Established regional newspaper publishing a wire-service report.
- Author attribution — Identifies the Tribune News Service and names the Detroit News reporters in the article.
- Editorial standards — The reporting attributes claims and quotations to identifiable speakers.
The article gives a clear account of the inquiry, the lawmakers’ video, Trump’s response and a separate Pentagon investigation, using attributed statements from Slotkin and the White House. It does not include comment from the FBI or the Justice Department, leaving the agencies’ basis and view of the inquiry unexplained.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article includes the lawmakers’ account and the White House’s criticism of their video, including Leavitt’s claims about its potential effects. It does not include a direct FBI or Justice Department explanation of the inquiry or a response to the lawmakers’ allegations of intimidation.
- Source diversity — Presents statements from the lawmakers and the White House, but no comment from the investigating agencies.
- Counterarguments presented — Leavitt disputes the lawmakers’ interpretation of the video and describes it as potentially disruptive.
- Omitted context — The FBI’s rationale and response to the lawmakers’ allegations are absent.
The report presents the lawmakers’ account and the White House’s response with attribution, without adopting either side’s central claims as fact. The description of Trump responding “in fury” adds a mildly charged phrase but does not establish a broader partisan framing.
- Source selection — Includes statements from Slotkin and the White House, as well as Trump’s quoted social-media post.
- Language tone — Mostly matter-of-fact, with the phrase “in fury” as a mild evaluative description.
- Framing — Reports the inquiry and competing accounts without resolving disputed claims.
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Republished from The Detroit News, with credit to the original publisher.
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin said the FBI opened an inquiry into her and five other Democratic lawmakers over a video about refusing illegal military orders. The report also describes President Donald Trump’s calls to prosecute and possibly execute the lawmakers and a separate Pentagon investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly.
Slotkin said the FBI’s counterterrorism division had opened an inquiry into her and five other Democrats who posted a video saying military members may refuse illegal orders. She and the other lawmakers said the FBI requested interviews and accused Trump of using the agency to intimidate them.
Trump accused the lawmakers of sedition and called for their arrest, prosecution and possible execution. Kelly was also under a separate Pentagon investigation related to his role in the video. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the message could disrupt the chain of command and claimed the lawmakers were encouraging troops to defy lawful orders.
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Representative who joined the video about refusing illegal military orders
Representative who joined the video about refusing illegal military orders
White House press secretary who criticized the lawmakers’ video
Representative who joined the video about refusing illegal military orders
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