Last month, Democratic veterans and former intelligence officers — including Kelly — released a video urging service members to stand up to President Donald Trump’s administration if they receive “illegal orders.” The video was met with a pretty hostile response from Trump, who decried the video as “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR” on social media and appeared to endorse a post that called for the lawmakers to be executed. Hegseth responded to the Democrats’ video by publishing a tweet last week that said Kelly, a retired Navy fighter pilot, was facing investigation because he is the only one in that group who formally retired from the military and remains under the Pentagon’s jurisdiction. “Pete Hegseth says he’s going to court-martial me for saying the same exact thing he said 9 years ago,” Kelly said in the caption of his tweet that included the clip of Hegseth in 2016.
Author: Elyse Wanshel
Published at: 2025-12-04 22:19:09
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