Sen. Mark Kelly

The Pentagon has escalated a preliminary review into Sen. Mark Kelly to an official command investigation, saying the retired Navy captain is "under investigation for serious allegations of misconduct" related to a video about refusing unlawful orders and limiting further comments to preserve the integrity of the proceedings; DoD officials had also weighed recalling him to active duty for possible court-martial or administrative action. Kelly and his attorneys call the probe an abuse of power and threaten legal action, while Senate Democrats warn the review—coming after President Trump publicly accused Kelly of sedition and amid DoD references to laws barring encouragement of troops to disobey orders—risks politicizing the military justice system.