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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Mark Kelly sues Pete Hegseth over ‘legally baseless’ threats after senator’s warning to troops

Democratic Senator Mark Kelly is suing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Pentagon officials after Donald Trump’s administration threatened to haul the Navy veteran to court and cut his retirement rank and pay.

The threats followed November’s video statement from Kelly and other lawmakers with military backgrounds telling troops they “can and must refuse illegal orders,” emphasizing that threats to constitutional order can emerge “from right here at home.”

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