US EditionWhite House defends Trump remarks, says he does not want members of Congress executed
White House claims Trump’s posts on Democratic veterans urging refusal of illegal orders emphasize accountability and legal review amid concerns of disrupting military chain of command.
- On Thursday, President Donald Trump called a video by six Democratic lawmakers `SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR` and said it was “punishable by DEATH,” while Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, said he did not want executions.
- The video at the center of the dispute urged U.S. servicemembers to `refuse illegal orders` and featured six Democratic lawmakers including Sen. Mark Kelly and Sen. Elissa Slotkin .
- House Democratic leaders said they contacted Capitol Police, and Goodlander stated, `I never expected that just simply and clearly stating what Federal law says, would ask the president to threaten violence against me.`
- The White House said it would leave to the Department of Justice and Department of War to decide if the video, which could inspire chaos, is punishable by law.
- Legal observers point out that the U.S. criminal code on seditious conspiracy limits punishment to imprisonment not more than 20 years, while Senate Democrats warned the moment is `very dangerous` due to risks of inciting political violence.
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Yale Law School graduate JD Vance was on the receiving end of a lecture from a former U.S. attorney for jumping in late on Sunday to defend Donald Trump in the squabble about issuing illegal orders to U.S. military members. The president has been at war with Democrats in Congress who have served in ...
Mutinous Democrats Try to Walk Back Their Treachery
Democrat members of Congress posted a video telling members of the military to mutiny. They seem to know they went too far and are twisting what they said or, in Elissa Slotkin’s case, admitting there were no unlawful orders given. The truth is that an army of lawyers vet every order and kill shot authorization […] The post Mutinous Democrats Try to Walk Back Their Treachery appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.
Pa. lawmaker says office received bomb threat after Trump accused her of ‘seditious behavior’
One of the Democratic members of Congress who President Donald Trump accused of committing “seditious behavior, punishable by death,” said that her offices in Pennsylvania received bomb threats. On Friday, Nov. 21, a spokesperson for U.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, a Democrat who represents Pennsylvania’s 6th congressional district, posted on X that her office in West Chester received a bomb threat but that all of her staff members were safe. From a…
Democratic lawmakers get ‘24-7′ security after Trump accused them of ‘seditious behavior’ over ‘illegal orders’ video
A Democratic senator who joined five of her colleagues to urge members of the military to disobey "illegal orders" from the Trump administration said Thursday the sextet was under round-the-clock protection after the president called them "traitors" and said their words could be "punishable by DEATH."
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