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John -
In November, myself and five other Members of Congress made a video
quoting current law, that the military has a responsibility to refuse
illegal orders.
In response, President Trump tweeted more than a dozen times, calling for
me to be investigated, arrested, and hanged.
Since then, the FBI and former Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, now U.S.
Attorney for the District of Columbia, asked to interview me for the
inquiry.
I wanted to share an important update on all of this and ask for
your help.
I wrote to Attorney General Pam Bondi and U.S. Attorney Pirro to inform
them that I won’t be doing an interview -- and that their offices should
preserve their records should I decide to sue for their infringement on my
Constitutional rights.
I am not going to legitimize what they’re doing. The video in question was
public, and I’ve talked about it extensively in the open. Our Constitution
is crystal clear about our freedom of speech – and that’s a value worth
fighting for.
To be honest, very smart people have told me to keep my head down and be
quiet – that doing so would make this inquiry go away. But that’s exactly
what Trump and Pirro want. They are employing physical and legal
intimidation to get me to shut up. And, much more importantly, to deter
other people from criticizing them.
So I’m taking the opposite approach, and I am fighting back, because this
is bigger than any one Senator or any one video. If they can do this to
me, what can they do to a business leader or the head of a community
foundation or a mom who goes viral on the internet for criticizing
Donald Trump?
And what people like Jeanine Pirro need to understand is that while the
President of the United States may have immunity according to the Supreme
Court, those who do his bidding do not. And if they are going to salute
and do what he wants as part of this weaponization, they are going to own
those consequences.
We all own our choices. I own mine. And Pirro and Trump must own theirs.
This is where I need your help. As I've said before, fighting back against
these abuses of power requires a political strategy and a legal strategy.
We're opening up an entire new front on the legal strategy -- one that
goes on offense. But taken together, it requires resources, and that is
why I am asking:
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Action to help me continue fighting back against the attacks on me and on
our Constitution from a president hell-bent on revenge against those who
speak out?
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I've asked people to fight back and push back. And if I am going to live
the values that I preach, that means I have to take some additional
risk myself.
That is what I am doing, and I appreciate your support as we go forward.
Elissa Slotkin
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