Andrew Weissmann

attorney appointed.

There's more because the Department of Defense wants to take Kelly in.

and bring him back into service and court martial him.

And that is sort of to have a chilling effect on anybody who is in public service and also a chilling effect of people who served in the military.

And this, if you remember, was a big issue at the end of the first Trump administration with former secretaries of defense and Liz Cheney really calling out this concern about the military and making sure that they do not bend the knee to the political ambitions of then President Trump at the end of his first term.

My question is the following, which is not a legal question, is given that this video stated what the law is, why would the FBI and the Department of Defense be doing this?

They agree that the law is that members of the military do not have to follow and should not follow illegal orders.

People have a First Amendment right to say that, especially since it is true.

They would actually have a First Amendment right to say it, even if it was not true.

And so you have to ask yourself, why are they doing this?

Is that a rhetorical question, or can I answer it?

It is a rhetorical question, but go ahead.

You know, it's interesting.

I, in many ways, hope that you're right, that this is... You think it's scarier than that?

Yes.

I'm glad I answered the rhetorical question, then.

I put it in the context of... I don't know.

Did you read Liz Cheney's book?

It opens with a real call to the concern about the president, Trump, improperly interfering with the military.

If you are engaging in a coup, as we know from many international examples, control of the military is everything.