Slotkin Refuses DOJ Request in Sham Probe Over "Illegal Orders" Video

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Senator Elissa Slotkin says she won’t cooperate with the Justice Department’s investigation into Democrats’ message to troops.

https://newrepublic.com/post/206214/elissa-slotkin-refuses-doj-request-investigation-message-troops

https://archive.ph/EVwA5



Senator Elissa Slotkin has denied an interview request from the Justice Department regarding its sham investigation into her participation in a video message telling troops they should “refuse illegal orders.” Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, joined five other military and intelligence veterans in Congress last fall to urge service members to refuse illegal orders.

The video angered President Trump, who accused them of sedition and suggested they be executed. The Justice Department announced an individual probe into Slotkin’s role in January, and her recent refusal to cooperate is a confrontational move that will force the administration to show how serious it really is about this sedition thing.

“I did this to go on offense,” Slotkin said on Wednesday. “And to put them in a position where they’re tap dancing. To put them in a position where they have to own their choices of using a U.S. attorney’s office to come after a senator.”

Slotkin’s lawyer, Preet Bharara, requested that U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro “immediately terminate any open investigation and cease any further inquiry concerning the video.” Senator Mark Kelly has also struck back, suing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for retaliating against him and violating his rights to free speech and due process.

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1. Push back, hard

The video was spot on. Reiterating a truth and the law.

[Raven123]

2. Bharara was the Southern District of NY US attorney fired by Trump

Wouldn’t let Trump interfere with him. Slotkin hired an attorney well versed in the law.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

3. MaddowBlog-Democrats won't cooperate with DOJ investigation into 'illegal orders' video

This week, the targets of this misguided inquiry started telling Trump’s Justice Department what it doesn’t like to hear: “No.”

Link to tweet

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/democrats-wont-cooperate-with-doj-investigation-into-illegal-orders-video

In November, after several Democratic military and intelligence veterans urged service members to reject illegal orders, the White House began a furious pushback campaign that was extreme even by contemporary standards. Donald Trump helped lead the charge, insisting that the Democratic lawmakers, who’d done nothing wrong, had engaged in “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”.....

A few weeks ago, that’s exactly what happened: Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, a former CIA officer who served three tours in Iraq, announced that federal prosecutors had begun investigating her for having told service members not to obey illegal orders. Other veteran lawmakers who appeared in the same video confirmed that they, too, were facing DOJ scrutiny.

This week, the targets of this misguided inquiry started telling Trump’s Justice Department what it doesn’t like to hear: “No.” The Associated Press reported:

Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan is refusing to voluntarily comply with a Justice Department investigation into a video she organized urging U.S. military members to resist ‘illegal orders’ — escalating a dispute that President Donald Trump has publicly pushed.

In letters first obtained by The Associated Press, Slotkin’s lawyer informed U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro that the senator would not agree to a voluntary interview about the video.

The Michigan Democrat isn’t alone: The New York Times reported that three House Democrats — Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania — said they’d also rejected overtures from Pirro, the former Fox News host who’s now serving as the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia......

The latest developments did offer one notable twist: Slotkin’s legal team also requested that Pirro preserve all documents related to the matter for “anticipated litigation.”

In other words, the Democratic senator isn’t just refusing to play along with a baseless investigation, she’s also considering picking a legal fight of her own. Watch this space.