FBI Seeks 'Seditious Conspiracy' Probe of Democratic Lawmakers

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Given that Hegseth is on record stating that the members of the military cannot follow illegal orders, this will be an amusing investigation

Scoop: FBI aims to escalate its inquiry into 6 Democrats who made video for troops by pressing domestic terrorism squad to launch a formal seditious conspiracy investigation. Washington Field Office leaders are pushing back b/c they don't see a crime. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

— Ben Penn (@benjaminpenn.bsky.social) 2025-12-04T00:15:19.556Z

https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fbi-seeks-seditious-conspiracy-probe-of-democratic-lawmakers

FBI headquarters is pressuring the bureau’s domestic terrorism agents to open a seditious conspiracy investigation into six Democratic lawmakers who advised military service members to defy unlawful orders, according to three people familiar with the situation.

Such an investigation, which has not yet been opened, would mark a more serious step than the FBI’s voluntary inquiry that several of the Democrats derided last week and would escalate the administration’s use of law enforcement to probe the president’s critics.

Career leaders at the bureau’s Washington Field Office have thus far pushed back on the request for a formal investigation, which would follow President Donald Trump’s call for a trial into the Democrats’ “seditious behavior,” the people familiar said. The Washington office supervisors cited a lack of legal and factual basis to initiate a criminal case against the senators and House members who posted a video Nov. 18 reminding service members and the intelligence community of their rights to “refuse illegal orders.”,,,,,,

The FBI typically won’t run investigations out of headquarters, relying on field offices to do so. The prior head of the Washington office, Steven Jensen, was fired in August, which he and two other former FBI officials alleged in a lawsuit was in retaliation for their insufficient loyalty to Trump. The outcome of this request from headquarters will serve as a key test in how Jensen’s replacement, Darren Cox, withstands pressure to satisfy Trump’s commands.