Maddowblog-Hegseth taunts Mark Kelly as another Democratic veteran faces investigation

[LetMyPeopleVote]

“Facts matter little, but the threat matters quite a bit,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin said after being contacted by Trump’s Justice Department.

Hegseth taunts Mark Kelly as another Democratic veteran faces an investigation - MS NOW

apple.news/AovEB6_7MRsO...

— (@oc88.bsky.social) 2026-01-14T17:23:45.917Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/hegseth-taunts-mark-kelly-as-another-democratic-veteran-faces-an-investigation

In reality, however, Kelly didn’t do anything wrong. Several Democratic military and intelligence veterans appeared in a video, released in November, in which they urged service members to reject illegal orders. This sparked apoplexy within the Trump administration, as if it were somehow outrageous to remind service members to follow the law and the Uniform Code of Military Justice — as Hegseth himself did before he joined Donald Trump’s Cabinet.

But as it turns out, Kelly isn’t the only target of the crusade. The New York Times reported:

Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan says she has learned that federal prosecutors are investigating her after she took part in a video urging military service members to resist illegal orders.

Ms. Slotkin, a Democrat, said in an interview on Monday that she found out about the inquiry from the office of Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia and a longtime ally of President Trump’s. In an email sent to the Senate’s sergeant-at-arms, Ms. Pirro’s office requested an interview with the senator or her private counsel.

Ms. Slotkin, a former CIA officer who served three tours in Iraq, told the Times that she sees the investigation as an effort by an authoritarian president to weaponize the federal government and intimidate her into silence. “Facts matter little, but the threat matters quite a bit,” the Michigan Democrat said. “The threat of legal action; the threat to your family; the threat to your staff; the threat to you.”.....

The brazen weaponization of the federal levers of power, however, is unmistakable.

“I’s not just about me and my family,” Slotkin added in her comments to the Times. “It’s what happens when the commander in chief takes the arms of the government and turns them against basic free speech and against his own people. And it’s not going to stop with me.”

[sakabatou]

1. Kegsbreath has never left his school bully days, hasn't he?