Overview
- Late Saturday, Trump posted in all caps that the six lawmakers “SHOULD BE IN JAIL,” reiterating his assertion that their video was “SEDITION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.”
- Bomb threats were reported at Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s home and at offices for Reps. Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan, Chris Deluzio, and Maggie Goodlander, with police searches finding no active danger in several cases.
- Reps. Crow and Deluzio formally asked the U.S. Capitol Police to investigate Trump’s posts, and Crow released audio compilations of graphic threats he says spiked after the president’s comments.
- Legal and military-law experts quoted across outlets said the video does not meet the statutory elements of sedition and noted that federal sedition laws do not carry the death penalty.
- The White House said Trump was not calling for executions and framed the video as encouraging defiance of lawful orders, while officials signaled inquiries into the lawmakers remain possible.