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Kelly fires back at Hegseth over demotion threat: ‘I will fight this with everything I’ve got’
The Defense Department seeks to lower Sen. Mark Kelly’s retired Navy rank over statements urging troops to refuse illegal orders amid allegations of political retaliation.
- Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the U.S. Department of Defense placed a formal censure on Sen. Mark Kelly's file and initiated retirement-grade proceedings that could reduce his retired Navy rank and retirement pay.
- The video posted last year urged service members to remember their oath and to refuse illegal orders, and the Pentagon said it cited that video along with additional public statements as the basis for its review.
- The FBI has requested interviews of Democrats tied to the video, and Hegseth and President Donald Trump escalated rhetoric by calling the remarks 'seditious' while Trump said the offense was 'punishable by DEATH,' with social media posts calling for hanging.
- Legal expert Eugene Fidell said the review is likely to fail because such actions must involve on-duty conduct, and Republicans including Thomas Massie , Don Bacon and Marjorie Taylor Greene questioned the move's constitutional soundness.
- Kelly posted on Twitter Monday that he will fight the actions to defend American free speech, stressing the fight is not for himself but all Americans amid politically charged retribution distinct from earlier threats.
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