Key Highlights
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- Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., a retired naval officer, is suing the War Department, as well as War Secretary Pete Hegseth, over the agency's actions to demote him and cut his retirement pay for urging military service members to "refuse illegal orders" in a video message with other leading Democrats.
- A federal lawsuit filed in Washington D. C., names Hegseth, the Navy, the Department of Defense – now renamed the War Department – and Navy Secretary John Phelan as defendants.
- The lawsuit said the Trump administration's actions "trample on protections the Constitution singles out as essential to legislative independence." SEN BLACKBURN FIRES BACK AT DEMOCRATS OVER ‘DISTURBING’ VIDEO URGING TROOPS TO DEFY 'ILLEGAL' ORDERS Sen.
- Mark Kelly is suing over Secretary of War Pete Hegseth's move to reduce his rank and military pension.
