Episode 4953: FBI To Investigate The Seditious 6

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Steve Bannon 0:00

and retribution campaign has a new target six of them actually the lawmakers who served our country honorably and bravely and dared to tell members of the United States military, something that would in normal times be totally normal and totally obvious, that it is their duty to refuse to carry out any illegal orders.

Unknown 0:20

This afternoon, one of those lawmakers, Senator Alyssa Slotkin of Michigan, who before becoming a member of that body, served as a CIA analyst. And as a CIA analyst, She went to Iraq. She also served in the Pentagon during both the Bush and Obama presidencies. She today announced that she believes she is under investigation by the FBI's counterterrorism division because she appeared in that video that has clearly sent Donald Trump into some sort of rage. Donald Trump saying that what she did was, quote, punishable by death. In fact, a source familiar tells us that the FBI is now working to schedule interviews with Slotkin and the five other Democrats who appear in that video, urging U.S. service members simply to not comply with any illegal order.

Steve Bannon 1:06

The source telling MSNOW that the FBI has contacted Capitol Police to try to schedule these interviews. Ahead of that news, FBI Director Kash Patel was asked about the video.

Kash Patel 1:16

Here's what he said.

Steve Bannon 1:18

Democratic lawmakers released a video calling on military personnel to defy illegal orders. President Trump weighed in and called it a seditious behavior. When you saw this one went through your head. What goes through my head is the same thing that goes through my head in any case. Is there a lawful predicate to open up an inquiry and investigation, or is there not? And that decision will be made by the career agents and analysts here at the FBI. Is the FBI getting involved?

Who are the lawmakers being investigated by the FBI?

Steve Bannon 1:49

Based on the fact that it's an ongoing matter, there's not much I can say.

Unknown 1:55

Pete Hegseth, Pentagon, also getting in on the action by launching an investigation into Arizona Senator Mark Kelly for his participation in the video. Hegseth threatened the decorated veteran and war hero last night with being called back into active duty status so that he could possibly be court-martialed.

Mike Lindell 2:12

So what do you make of the situation right now and Kelly's response?

Tej Gill 2:18

Well, good for the senator to say what he said. But let me take a step back and indicate that what he and his colleagues did was inappropriate. They didn't have to remind service members that they have an obligation to support the Constitution. And realizing, of course, that officers and enlisted personnel take two different oaths. And the enlisted personnel, this was a message that those Congress members and members of the intelligence, former intelligence community members, sent to the service members, and it was to those enlisted folks, which is, you can disobey your bosses. You can do that. Well, the point, the fact of the matter is, when Senator Kelly and his colleagues made the comment, the message to me was, we, this collection of folks, we don't trust the military, the uniformed leadership, and we think that they've been taken over by the administration.

Tej Gill 3:10

I would completely disagree with that underlying assessment, which brought them to make these statements. That's my view of all this. God bless Senator Kelly and what he's accomplished in his life and where he has been. Totally agree with everything he just said. However, he could have taken a step back and said, why am I making why am I sending this message, which clearly is an insult to our chain of command, those in uniform? folks that I have had the privilege of serving with and training and growing into the positions that they're in today.

What actions did Senator Alyssa Slotkin take regarding military orders?

Tej Gill 3:42

And I don't I think he could have made a better decision. And, you know, we've been saying this for a long time. A lot of us have been saying this for a long time.

Donald Trump 3:50

Donald Trump believes that the U.S. military should be his personal muscle.

Joe Allen 3:54

It should be his personal militia that answers only to him, not to Congress, not to the Constitution, not the American people, nobody. Donald Trump thinks that Article 2 means he owns the military like he owns buildings or owns anything else.