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Hegseth Suggests Kelly Be Investigated Over Weapons Stockpile Comments

Must Kelly be investigated for his potentially traitorous actions or is he again the target of unconstitutional government retaliation?

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Hegseth Suggests Kelly Be Investigated Over Weapons Stockpile Comments

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Above: Sen. Mark Kelly on April 15. Image credit: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg/Getty Images

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Pro-Trump narrative

Kelly broadcast classified information about U.S. weapons stockpiles, handing adversaries a strategic advantage at the worst possible moment. Leaking details from a classified Pentagon briefing is a reckless betrayal of the oath Kelly swore. The Department of War is right to open a legal review, and the Senate should hold him accountable.

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Anti-Trump narrative

Threatening a retired Navy captain and sitting senator over political speech sets a dangerous precedent for every military retiree in America. Courts already blocked Hegseth's prior attempt at retaliation, recognizing it as an unconstitutional attempt to strip First Amendment rights from those who earned them. Hegseth should have more important things to do.

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