Trump Admin Intensifies Military Probe Against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, Launches Command Investigation

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Source: Democracy Docket

The Trump administration escalated its effort to punish a sitting U.S. senator for protected political speech Monday, formally converting the Pentagon’s review of Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) into an official Command Investigation under military law.

The escalation marks a significant shift. While the administration has not filed charges against Kelly, the act of placing a sitting senator under a Command Investigation for speech critical of the president represents a dangerous departure from democratic norms.

A Command Investigation is a formal military fact-finding process ordered by a senior commander to determine whether misconduct occurred and what, if any, action should follow. Unlike the Pentagon’s earlier preliminary review — which was largely an internal legal assessment — a Command Investigation authorizes an investigating officer to gather evidence, conduct interviews under oath and produce official findings and recommendations.

The Pentagon confirmed the move in a statement provided to reporters.

“The Office of the Secretary of War, in conjunction with the Department of War’s Office of the General Counsel, is escalating the preliminary review of Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.), to an official Command Investigation,” a Pentagon official said. “Retired Captain Kelly is currently under investigation for serious allegations of misconduct. Further official comments will be limited to preserve the integrity of the proceedings.”

Read more: https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/trump-admin-intensifies-military-probe-against-democratic-sen-mark-kelly-launches-command-investigation/

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[Lovie777]

1. Over stepping................

[LetMyPeopleVote]

2. Tonight, we learned the Pentagon is escalating its review of me into "an official command investigation."

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[Vinca]

3. Guess they'll have to do the same thing to Hegseth since he said the exact same thing.

[twodogsbarking]

4. I support Mark and am very interested to see how this plays out.

A very good person in addition to accomplishing so much in his life. He is so many things that pumpkin face cannot be. Thus the hate.

[GiqueCee]

5. It would be nice...

... if the Command Investigation's investigating officer told the senior officers to fucking grow a pair and tell the Orange Hellbeast that there is NO legal justification for charges of any kind. The Uniform Code of Military Justice says exactly the same thing that Kelly said, and I doubt that Hogsbreath can spin that.

[MLWR]

6. Too stupid to know when to cut his losses.

[wolfie001]

9. Every day brings more economic, domestic and international bad news because of him

So, he needs to do these petty as F things to try to control the narrative and throw some red meat to his stupid as F voters and pardoned bit coin purchasing crook "friends". He reminds me of those magicians who would spin a lot of plates on top of many sticks.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

7. What this likely means

Is that the initial investigators told Trump and Hegseth to go pound sand because there was nothing to charge Senator Kelly with. That likely resulted in Trump and Hegseth throwing a hissy fit and demanding a formal investigation.

[wolfie001]

8. fat orange imbecile.....

.....hate-filled racist asshole. Deserves zero respect. Expectorate in his general direction. We'll call that the tRUMP salute.

[Martin68]

10. This whole "investigation" will come back to bite them in the ass.