美国联邦调查局正试图安排采访六名民主党国会议员据熟悉情况的多个消息来源称，世卫组织制作了一段视频，称部队不应服从任何非法命令。
消息人士称，美国联邦调查局将代表司法部进行这些采访，目前还不清楚采访将在即将到来的感恩节假期进行。
视频中的六名民主党议员之一、民主党参议员埃利萨·斯洛特金(Elissa Slotkin)表示，“美国联邦调查局反恐部门似乎对她展开了调查”。
“总统指示美国联邦调查局以我们为目标，这正是我们最初制作这段视频的原因。他相信将联邦政府武器化来对抗他认为的敌人，并且不相信法律适用于他或他的内阁。他利用法律骚扰作为一种恐吓策略，吓得人们不敢说话，”斯洛特金周二在X上的一篇帖子中说。
“这不仅仅是一个视频。这不是我所了解的美国，我不会让美国联邦调查局的下一步阻止我为我的国家和我们的宪法说话，”斯洛特金补充道。
另一方面，周二，一名中情局发言人发表声明攻击斯洛特金，说她加入了使用证书的“丢脸的前情报官员的行列”到"推进恶意和不诚实的政治议程。"
声明接着说:“虽然情报界没有任何可与军事司法统一法典相比的东西，前官员应该记住他们在中情局服役时所做的誓言和承诺，并据此行事——即使在他们离开很久以后。"
在ABC新闻“本周”的采访中，斯洛特金说，议员们之所以公开这段视频，是因为官员们带着担忧直接找上了他们。然而，当被问及她是否认为总统发布了任何非法命令时，斯洛特金说，“据我所知，我不知道哪些事情是非法的，但肯定有一些法律体操正在进行这些加勒比海罢工以及与委内瑞拉有关的一切。"
视频中的众议院民主党人办公室还向美国广播公司新闻发布了一份声明，证实美国联邦调查局试图安排采访，称总统“将美国联邦调查局作为恐吓和骚扰国会议员的工具”。
“再多的恐吓和骚扰都无法阻止我们做好自己的工作，尊重我们的宪法。我们宣誓支持和捍卫美国宪法。这个誓言持续一生，我们打算遵守它。我们不会被欺负。我们永远不会放弃这艘船，”众议院民主党人在一份声明中说。
在一次采访中在X频道播出的周一，美国联邦调查局主任卡什·帕特尔(Kash Patel)表示，当被问及他对此的反应时，职业分析师和代理人将对敦促军队成员不服从非法命令的民主党议员做出任何决定。
“有没有一个合法的谓词来展开一项询问和调查?这个决定将由美国联邦调查局的职业经纪人和分析师做出，”帕特尔在采访中说。
当被问及美国联邦调查局是否参与其中时，帕特尔说，“基于事实上，这是一个正在进行的事情，我没有太多可以说的。"
美国国会大厦警方将问题转给了美国联邦调查局，后者拒绝置评。
福克斯新闻频道首先报道了这一进展。
唐纳德·特朗普总统此前曾指责这些国会议员的“煽动行为”。
“我不是在威胁死亡，但我认为他们有大麻烦了。在过去，这是死亡。...这是煽动行为，这是一件大事。你知道，没什么大不了的，今天是一个不同的世界，”特朗普上周说。
在美国联邦调查局试图安排这些采访的消息传出之前，五角大楼宣布将对民主党参议员马克·凯利进行“彻底审查”，他是视频中的六名国会议员之一。
“军方已经有了处理非法命令的明确程序。它不需要政治行动者向已经清晰的指挥链注入怀疑，”国防部长皮特·赫格塞斯周二表示。
周一，Hegseth将视频中的六名民主党人称为“煽动六人组”，但解释了为什么调查只集中在凯利身上。
“视频中的六个人中有五个不属于[国防部]的管辖范围(一个是中央情报局，四个是前军人，但不是'退休'，所以他们不再受UCMJ的管辖)。然而，马克·凯利(退役海军司令)仍然受制于UCMJ——他知道这一点
作为对美国联邦调查局安排与视频中的人进行采访的回应，凯利的办公室表示，这位亚利桑那州参议员“不会沉默”
根据凯利办公室的一份声明，“特朗普总统和海格塞思部长试图恐吓他，阻止他做好美国参议员的工作，凯利参议员不会沉默。”
FBI attempting to schedule interviews with 6 members of Congress who made video about troops disobeying illegal orders
The FBI is attempting to schedule interviews with thesix Democratic members of Congresswho made a video saying troops should not obey any illegal orders, according to multiple sources familiar with the situation.
The FBI would conduct these interviews on behalf of the Justice Department, and it is unclear when the interviews would be held amid the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday, the sources said.
Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of the six Democratic lawmakers in the video, said the "FBI's Counterterrorism Division appeared to open an inquiry" into her.
"The President directing the FBI to target us is exactly why we made this video in the first place. He believes in weaponizing the federal government against his perceived enemies and does not believe laws apply to him or his Cabinet. He uses legal harassment as an intimidation tactic to scare people out of speaking up," Slotkin said in a post on X on Tuesday.
"This isn't just about a video. This is not the America I know, and I'm not going to let this next step from the FBI stop me from speaking up for my country and our Constitution," Slotkin added.
Separately, on Tuesday, a CIA spokespersonissued a statement, attacking Slotkin, saying she joins "the ranks of disgraced former intelligence officers" who use credentialsto"advance a malicious and disingenuous political agenda."
The statement went on to say: "While the Intelligence Community does not have anything comparable to the Uniform Code of Military Justice,former officers should remember the oath and commitment they made while serving at CIA, and conduct themselves accordingly-- even long after they leave."
In an interview on ABC News' "This Week," Slotkin said the lawmakers put out the video because officers had approached them directly with concerns. However, when pressed whether she believed the president had issued any illegal orders, Slotkin said, "To my knowledge, I am not aware of things that are illegal, but certainly there are some legal gymnastics that are going on with these Caribbean strikes and everything related to Venezuela."
The offices of the House Democrats in the video also released a statement to ABC News confirming the FBI's attempt to schedule interviews, saying the president is "using the FBI as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress.
"No amount of intimidation or harassment will ever stop us from doing our jobs and honoring our Constitution. We swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. That oath lasts a lifetime, and we intend to keep it. We will not be bullied. We will never give up the ship," the House Democrats said in a statement.
In an interviewthat aired on Xon Monday, FBI Director Kash Patel said career analysts and agents will make any determination on the Democratic lawmakers who urged members of the military to disobey illegal orders, when asked what his reaction to it was.
"Is there a lawful predicate to open up an inquiry and investigation or is there not? And that decision will be made by the career agents and analysts here at the FBI," Patel said in the interview.
When asked if the FBI was involved, Patel said, "basedon the fact that it's an ongoing matter, there's not much I can say."
The U.S. Capitol Police referred questions to the FBI, who declined to comment.
The development was first reported by Fox News.
President Donald Trumphas previously accused these members of Congress of "seditious behavior."
"I'm not threatening death, but I think they're in serious trouble. In the old days, it was death. ... That was seditious behavior, that was a big deal. You know, nothing's a big deal, today's a different world," Trump said last week.
The news of the FBI attempting to schedule these interviews comes after the Pentagon announced it would launch a "thorough review" into Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, who is one of the six members of Congress in the video.
"The military already has clear procedures for handling unlawful orders. It does not need political actors injecting doubt into an already clear chain of command," Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Tuesday.
On Monday, Hegseth called the six Democrats in the video the "Seditious Six" but explained why the probe is focused solely on Kelly.
"Five of the six individuals in that video do not fall under [Defense Department] jurisdiction (one is CIA and four are former military but not 'retired', so they are no longer subject to UCMJ). However, Mark Kelly (retired Navy Commander) is still subject to UCMJ -- and he knows that," Hegseth posted on X.
In response to the FBI scheduling interviews with those in the video, Kelly's office said the Arizona senator "won't be silenced."
"Senator Kelly won't be silenced by President Trump and Secretary Hegseth's attempt to intimidate him and keep him from doing his job as a U.S. Senator," according to a statement from Kelly's office.
