Overview
- Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan filed complaints with U.S. Capitol Police over Trump’s posts, citing a surge of violent threats.
- Bomb threats hit Deluzio’s district offices and police checked a threat reported at Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s home, as the six targeted lawmakers increased security.
- Crow released audio of death threats received after Trump wrote “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” and reshared a post urging the lawmakers be hanged.
- Trump later said he was not threatening executions, while the White House maintained he was criticizing a “dangerous” message rather than calling for violence.
- The six lawmakers—Sens. Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, and Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander and Chrissy Houlahan—had posted a video reminding service members they may refuse illegal orders under the UCMJ, a message that military lawyers say has been politicized at real risk to the force.