FBI Director Kash Patel gestures as he testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. on Sept. 16, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
The FBI is reportedly investigating Democratic lawmakers who appeared in a video warning military service members against following illegal orders.
Fox News first reported that the FBI was working with the Capitol Police to schedule interviews with Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA), Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO).
MS NOW confirmed that Capitol Police were helping to schedule the interviews.
"Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders," the lawmakers stated in the video.
President Donald Trump later suggested that the lawmakers had committed crimes punishable by death. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the video as "seditious" and said the Pentagon would investigate and possibly court-martial Kelly, a retired Navy captain.
A Justice Department official told Reuters that the FBI interviews would help to determine "if there's any wrongdoing, and then go from there." After taking office, President Donald Trump fired FBI Director Christopher Wray and appointed loyalist Kash Patel to head the agency.
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