Legal experts are raising lots of questions about the Pentagon’s investigation of Mark Kelly. The Arizona senator is among a group of Democrats appearing in a video that urges American troops to defy what the lawmakers are calling “illegal orders.”

The Pentagon’s investigation of Sen. Mark Kelly over a video that urges American troops to defy “illegal orders” has raised a slew of questions, and some criticism, from legal experts.

Some say the Pentagon is misreading military law to go after Kelly as a retired Navy fighter pilot. Others say the Arizona Democrat cannot be prosecuted as a member of Congress. A group of former military prosecutors insists he did nothing wrong.

The Pentagon announced the investigation last week after Donald Trump’s social media post accusing Kelly — and the five other Democratic lawmakers in the video — of sedition “punishable by DEATH.”

  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
    18·
    3 months ago

    Investigating him is fine; wasteful but fine.

    However, he’s on the record with what he said, and it’s backed by military law.

    Once they’ve taken the 1 hour to investigate and come to that conclusion, it SHOULD be time to move on.

    For some reason we’re still discussing it over a week later.