Three Democratic lawmakers say prosecutors contacted them over video urging troops to resist illegal orders

Three Democratic representatives—Jason Crow of Colorado, Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania—said federal prosecutors had contacted them about their participation in a video urging military service members to resist illegal orders. They reported that U.S.

Attorney Jeanine Pirro requested interviews with them or their private counsel. The disclosures followed a similar announcement this week by Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, who organized the video. The video, released in November, restates a fundamental principle of military law, and all six lawmakers who appeared said they had received an inquiry from the FBI’s counterterrorism division late last year.

The article said it is unclear what crime the lawmakers are believed to have committed. Mr. Trump and other administration officials have described the video as "seditious." Representative Crow, an Army Ranger veteran, accused Mr. Trump of "using his political cronies in the Department of Justice to continue to threaten and intimidate us," the article reported.

Ms. Houlahan called the investigation "ridiculous," and Ms. Goodlander said the administration’s response was "sad and telling," adding that "these threats will not deter, distract, intimidate, or silence me." A spokesman for Ms. Pirro’s office declined to confirm or deny any investigation.

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