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The Workplace of the Secretary of Battle on Monday escalated its preliminary overview of Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., to a full command investigation, in keeping with a report.
The investigation into Kelly for “severe allegations of misconduct” has intensified, in keeping with a Pentagon official, first reported by Punchbowl Information, with a brand new probe at the side of the Division of Battle’s Workplace of the Common Counsel.
The division beforehand introduced it had launched a proper overview into allegations of misconduct towards Kelly over a video calling on service members to “refuse unlawful orders.”
KELLY SHRUGS OFF TRUMP COURT-MARTIAL THREAT, SAYS GROWING UP IN TONY SOPRANO’S HOMETOWN MADE HIM ‘RESILIENT’
The Division of Battle acquired data concerning doubtlessly illegal feedback made by Mark E. Kelly, in keeping with an announcement on Tuesday, Nov. 25. (Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg through Getty Photos Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Name, Inc through Getty Photos)
A Battle Division official confirmed to Fox Information Digital that the Workplace of the Secretary of Battle is “escalating the preliminary overview of Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.), to an official Command Investigation.”
“Retired Captain Kelly is at present below investigation for severe allegations of misconduct,” the official stated. “Additional official feedback will likely be restricted to protect the integrity of the proceedings.”
HEGSETH RIPS MARK KELLY’S POST ABOUT HIS SERVICE: ‘YOU CAN’T EVEN DISPLAY YOUR UNIFORM CORRECTLY’
Battle Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks throughout a Cupboard assembly on the White Home, on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AP)
Kelly stated in an announcement that “it ought to ship a shiver down the backbone of each patriotic American that the president and secretary of protection would abuse their energy to return after me or anybody this manner.”
“It wasn’t sufficient for Donald Trump to say I ought to be hanged,” he continued. “It wasn’t sufficient for Pete Hegseth to threaten me with a court docket martial. Now they’re threatening every thing I fought and served for throughout twenty-five years within the U.S. Navy—all as a result of I repeated one thing each service member is taught.”
Kelly added that he’ll “preserve doing my job representing Arizona.”
“If Trump and Hegseth suppose this can cease me from doing what I’ve achieved day by day of my grownup life—combating for this nation—then they’ve acquired the unsuitable man. Tomorrow, and the following day, I’ll preserve doing my job representing Arizona.”
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Senator Mark Kelly, a former Navy Captain, urged troops to refuse “unlawful orders” within the viral video. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg through Getty Photos)
Fox Information Digital has reached out Kelly’s workplace for remark.
