"Pete Hegseth is coming after what I earned through my twenty-five years of military service, in violation of my rights as an American, as a retired veteran, and as a United States Senator whose job is to hold him-and this or any administration-accountable," Kelly said in a statement."
"His unconstitutional crusade against me sends a chilling message to every retired member of the military: if you speak out and say something that the President or Secretary of Defense doesn't like, you will be censured, threatened with demotion, or even prosecuted," he said."
Senator Kelly filed a federal lawsuit in Washington, D.C., asking a judge to declare Pete Hegseth's censure illegal and to block a demotion process. Kelly alleges the censure and demotion attempt violate his rights as a retired service member and as a senator and amount to unconstitutional retaliation. The dispute follows Kelly's November video appearance with five other Democratic lawmakers advising service members they could disobey unlawful orders. Hegseth issued a formal Letter of Censure, initiated demotion proceedings, and threatened criminal prosecution if Kelly did not change his conduct. The Department of Defense did not immediately comment.
Read at Axios
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]