Overview
- In late-night Saturday posts, the president wrote the six lawmakers “SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW,” after earlier labeling them “traitors.”
- His initial Truth Social messages said their actions were “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH,” and he shared a post advocating hanging; the White House later said he was not calling for executions.
- Offices for multiple lawmakers — and Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s home — received bomb threats investigated by police with no injuries reported, prompting heightened security.
- Veterans and military legal authorities say the video does not meet sedition standards and caution that incendiary rhetoric endangers officials and risks politicizing the armed forces.
- The White House defends the president’s stance as protecting the chain of command, while a deputy attorney general suggested a federal inquiry could be considered.