Overview
- Six Democrats with military or intelligence backgrounds released a video urging service members and intelligence personnel to refuse unlawful commands and to protect the Constitution, without citing specific orders.
- On Truth Social, President Trump labeled the lawmakers "traitors," called their actions sedition, urged their arrest and trial, and said the conduct is "punishable by death."
- House Democratic leaders said they contacted the Sergeant at Arms and U.S. Capitol Police to safeguard the lawmakers and their families following Trump's posts.
- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department will closely examine the lawmakers' actions, while a Pentagon spokesman questioned claims that unlawful orders are being issued.
- White House aides and Republican allies condemned the video as a call to rebellion, and the clash unfolds as Guard deployments and lethal anti‑narcotics operations overseas face legal challenges and criticism linked to more than 80 deaths.