Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks to a reporter following a vote on the U.S. Capitol on Aug. 1, 2025.
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., says federal prosecutors are investigating her after she participated in a video urging members of the army to refuse unlawful orders, her workplace confirmed to NPR on Wednesday.
Slotkin says she came upon in regards to the investigation when she obtained a name from the workplace of Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. lawyer for the District of Columbia. The New York Occasions first reported Slotkin’s data of the investigation.
A spokesperson for Pirro’s workplace declined to, “affirm or deny the existence of an investigation.”
The video, posted on social media in November, featured six Congressional Democrats, all with army or intelligence backgrounds, pointing to the Uniform Code of Navy Justice.
“Nobody has to hold out orders that violate the legislation or our Structure,” the lawmakers mentioned.
President Trump known as the video message “treasonous” and amplified a social media submit suggesting the six members must be hanged. The White Home later mentioned the president was not suggesting the six members be killed. Nonetheless, a number of reported receiving demise threats and bomb scares.
“That is the President’s playbook,” Slotkin mentioned Wednesday. “Reality does not matter, details do not matter. And anybody who disagrees with him turns into an enemy and he then weaponizes the federal authorities towards them. It is authorized intimidation and bodily intimidation meant to get you to close up.”
Slotkin mentioned authorities investigated 1,000 credible threats, she obtained a bomb menace at her home and her dad and mom have been victims of swatting– the time period for when somebody makes a false report of a criminal offense to legislation enforcement to elicit an awesome police response.
“Proper now talking out towards the abuse of energy is essentially the most patriotic factor we are able to do,” Slotkin mentioned.
In November, the FBI requested interviews with the members who participated within the video.
And Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth mentioned this week that the Pentagon would censure one of many lawmakers, Sen. Mark Kelly D-Ariz., a retired Navy fight pilot.
That might permit the Pentagon to demote Kelly or scale back his retirement pay. Kelly sued Hegseth and the Pentagon on Monday, saying the federal government is retaliating for speech protected by the First Modification.
The motion comes because the Trump administration is wielding the Justice Division to focus on different political opponents, together with Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.
NPR’s Ryan Lucas contributed reporting.
