Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., is seen during votes in the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The controversial video, which was posted in November, featured several lawmakers, including Slotkin, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz.; Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa.; Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H.; Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa.; and Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo. All the Democrats who participated in the video, which was slammed as a call to defy President Donald Trump and his Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, had military and intelligence backgrounds.
Trump slammed the video and said in multiple Truth Social posts that the lawmakers who participated in it had engaged in "seditious behavior."
"It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand — We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET," the president wrote on Nov. 20.
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The same day, Trump wrote in a separate Truth Social post, "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!" The statement caused an uproar with many slamming what they perceived to be a threat from the president.
The video was released amid a nationwide debate about Trump's deployment of the National Guard to various cities across the country.
Slotkin, a former CIA officer who served in Iraq, is the latest lawmaker who participated in the video to face an investigation.
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., is seen in the Dirksen Senate Office Building. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Hegseth previously moved to censure Kelly, saying earlier this month that he directed Secretary of the Navy John Phelan to review the retired Navy captain's retirement rank and pay and provide a recommendation in 45 days, sharply escalating an investigation alleging he made "seditious statements" that undermined military operations.
In a statement posted to X, Kelly said the "unconstitutional crusade" against him "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."
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Slotkin and Pirro's offices did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
Fox News Digital's Bonny Chu and Lorraine Taylor contributed to this report.
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
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