<p data-path-to-node="0">Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is making it crystal clear: wearing a suit in the halls of Congress doesn’t give you a free pass to spark a mutiny.</p>
<p data-path-to-node="1"><span class="citation-360 citation-end-360">Hegseth announced a major escalation in the Department of War’s investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), directing a <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hegseth-moves-censure-sen-mark-kelly-review-his-retirement-rank-pay-over-seditious-video">formal censure letter</a> to be placed in the retired Navy captain’s permanent file.</span> <span class="citation-359 citation-end-359">More importantly for Kelly’s pocketbook, Hegseth has ordered a 45-day review of the senator’s retirement rank and pay.</span> <span class="citation-358 citation-end-358">The move follows &#8220;reckless and seditious&#8221; statements by Kelly that the administration says were intended to undermine military discipline.</span></p>
<p data-path-to-node="1"><span class="citation-357 citation-end-357">&#8220;Six weeks ago, Senator Mark Kelly — and five other members of Congress — released a reckless and seditious video that was clearly intended to undermine good order and military discipline,&#8221; Hegseth stated.</span> He reminded the Arizona Democrat that, as a retired officer still drawing a pension, he remains firmly under the thumb of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).</p>
<p data-path-to-node="3"><span class="citation-356 citation-end-356">The controversy stems from a video released in November titled &#8220;Don’t Give Up the Ship,&#8221; in which Kelly and a cohort of left-wing Democrats who are veterans urged service members to &#8220;refuse unlawful orders.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.</p>
<p>The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.</p>
<p>Don’t give up the ship. <a href="https://t.co/N8lW0EpQ7r">pic.twitter.com/N8lW0EpQ7r</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Sen. Elissa Slotkin (@SenatorSlotkin) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorSlotkin/status/1990774492356902948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2025</a></p></blockquote>
<p data-path-to-node="3">The Department of War points out that Kelly failed to cite a single actual &#8220;illegal&#8221; order, adding that Kelly used his military credentials to baselessly sow seeds of insubordination against the Trump administration’s efforts to secure the border and target suspected narco-terrorists.</p>
<p data-path-to-node="4">Kelly, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sen-mark-kelly-attacks-trump-and-hegseth-in-heated-rant-says-he-wont-back-down">appearing</a> at a town hall in Tucson in early December, remained defiant — and personal. <span class="citation-355 citation-end-355">He mocked President Donald Trump as &#8220;asleep at the wheel&#8221; and dismissed Hegseth as a &#8220;joke,&#8221; boasting that he won’t &#8220;back down.&#8221;</span> Kelly’s wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-AZ), reportedly &#8220;laughed and laughed&#8221; at the prospect of a UCMJ prosecution.</p>
<p data-path-to-node="5">But Hegseth isn&#8217;t laughing. Federal law prohibits any action intended to interfere with the loyalty or morale of the armed forces, carrying a potential ten-year prison sentence. While Kelly claims he is &#8220;standing up for the Constitution,&#8221; the administration argues he is hiding behind a shield of &#8220;legal gymnastics&#8221; to encourage mutiny. Kelly has 30 days to respond before the Navy decides just how much his &#8220;seditious&#8221; rhetoric will cost him.</p>

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