CIA Analyst and Senator, Elissa Slotkin, appears on ABC’s Face the Nation to defend herself from accusations of unlawful conduct following a video she produced telling military and intelligence officers to defy President Trump’s orders.
Senator Slotkin’s behavior is classic tradecraft when she appears in media.
Slotkin claimed the video was intended to draw attention to the unlawful orders that President Trump has used; however, when asked to give an example of a illegal order issued by President Trump, Slotkin nervously admits there aren’t any. WATCH (prompted):
[TRANSCRIPT] – […] RADDATZ: And here’s what White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said about your video.
(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)
KAROLINE LEAVITT, WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY: They’re suggesting, Nancy, that the president has given illegal orders, which he has not. Every single order that is given to this United States military by this commander in chief and through this command — chain of command, through the secretary of war is lawful.
(END VIDEO CLIP)
RADDATZ: Is that an accurate statement?
SLOTKIN: So, I think the reason we put that statement out is because the sheer number of, frankly, young officers who are coming to us and saying, I just am not sure. What do I do? You know, I’m in SouthCom and I’m involved in the National Guard. I’m just not sure what do I do? And I think, look, you don’t have to take my word for it. We’ve had report after report of legal officer, JAG officers coming forward and saying, look, I push back on this. I’m not sure that this is legal.
There is such things as illegal orders. That’s why it’s in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. Going back to Nuremberg, right? And it’s just a — it’s a totally benign statement. And if the president is concerned about it, then he should stay deeply within the law. But I think it’s important to know it’s not hypothetical, right?
This president in the last administration, his last administration, asked his secretary of defense and his chairman of the Joint Chiefs to, quote, “shoot at their legs at unarmed protesters in front of the White House that he wanted moved.”
RADDATZ: Actually, I know I know you’re talking about Mark Esper’s book. He didn’t exactly say that. He said the president suggested that, but they were never ordered to do that.
SLOTKIN: And he got out of the Oval Office quickly so that he wasn’t told to actually do it. And I give him a lot of credit for that. I give him a lot of credit.
RADDATZ: I do — so — so, let’s talk right now. Do you believe President Trump has issued any illegal order?
SLOTKIN: To my knowledge, I am not aware of things that are illegal, but certainly there are some legal gymnastics that are going on with these Caribbean strikes and everything related to Venezuela. And I think that’s why —
RADDATZ: And be specific about that. Let me read you what Senator Lindsey Graham said about your video. “You owe it to the men and women in the military to be specific about what you are talking about. What these senators and House members did was unnerving and it was unconscionable to suggest that the President of the United States is issuing unlawful orders without giving an example.”
SLOTKIN: Yeah. So, for me, my primary concern is the use of U.S. military on American shores, on our city — in our cities and in our streets. We’ve seen now the courts overturn the deployment of U.S. military into our streets, including here in Washington, D.C.
When you look at these videos coming out of places like Chicago, it makes me incredibly nervous that we’re about to see people in law enforcement, people in uniformed military get nervous, get stressed, shoot at American civilians. It is a very, very stressful situation for these law enforcement and for the communities on the ground. So, it was basically a warning to say, like, if you’re asked to do something particularly against American citizens, you have the ability to go to your JAG officer and push back.
RADDATZ: And with these service members calling you, couldn’t you have done a video saying just what you just said? If you are asked to do something, if — if you are worried about whether it is legal or not, you can do this. It does imply that the President is having illegal orders, which you have not seen.
SLOTKIN: I think for us, it was just a statement widely, right? We say very quickly and very — to all the folks who come to us, this is the process. Go to your JAG officer, ask them for explanation, for top cover, for their view on things. We do that on a case-by-case basis, but we wanted to speak directly to the volumes of people who had come to us on this.
RADDATZ: And it is very clear that no one should follow an illegal order, but it’s very murky when you look at what is an illegal order. And if you go into morally, ethically, that’s a pretty tough thing to look at and say, how do I navigate this?
SLOTKIN: I don’t — I mean, going back to Nuremberg, right, that, well, they told me to do it, that’s why I murdered people, is not an excuse. If you look at popular culture, like, you watch, you know, A Few Good Men, like we have plenty of examples since World War II in Vietnam, where people were told to follow illegal orders, and they did it, and they were prosecuted for it.
So, the best thing for people to do is go to their JAG officer, their local law enforcement or a legal officer in their unit, and ask for some explanation, ask for help. And that’s what we’ve been advising people to do.
RADDATZ: You are on the Senate Armed Services Committee. What are you seeing in terms of Venezuela? Do you think there will be further action by the president?
SLOTKIN: Well, certainly the sheer size of the military buildup in and around Venezuela. I mean, you have to assume that when superpowers put that much force into an area that they’re going to use it. They brought in aircraft carriers, they brought in F-35s.
I think the cost already is a billion dollars to move all that force into theater. Certainly, if we’re going to actually think about prosecuting some sort of war or military action against the mainland of Venezuela, I would hope that the president would want to have that conversation publicly, bring in the American people who are not looking to get into another war, who are not looking to get into regime change. We had Iraq and Afghanistan. I think people generally on all sides of the aisle are exhausted by war. But just have that conversation, be transparent about it. I think that’s what’s been hard about the strikes in the Caribbean.
Many of us would be supportive of going after drug cartels, but a secret list of secret terrorist organizations, you know, just be transparent with the American public.
RADDATZ: OK, thanks very much for joining us this morning, Senator. We appreciate it.
It’s Time.
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“You will only observe with your eyes
And see the punishment of the wicked.”
Psalm 91
Waiting. Been waiting. A long, long, long time.
We the People are with you, if you judge that the moment to strike has arrived. And we are with our Secretary of War and our Secretary of State and our Director of National Security, and all our men and women in uniform who need a clear chain of command free from fear of mutinies that might result in friendly fire or yet another deliberate betrayal.
The blood of the betrayed at Abby Gate cries from the ground. And the blood of the Marines betrayed in Lebanon cries from the ground. And the blood of Seal Team Six as well.
It really is time. The line has been crossed. Open sedition and the beginning strains of a color revolution have sounded.
Rip the curtain. Let the light flood in on all the treason. Let the people see the truth.
Bring the whole damned diseased temple down on their heads.
May we all be lifting this country up in prayer, tonight, this week, this month, this upcoming year.
Because enough is enough.
May God bless us all.
May God bless the United States of America.
Take her word for it????
Who in their right mind would?
Elissa Slotkin was/is CIA. We know the CIA promotes color revolutions and orchestrates coups against countries the U.S. government doesn’t like. So, she knows how to conduct psyops and disseminate propaganda. About her claim that the message contained in the video is “totally benign,” lying is a qualification to work at the CIA – nice try…
To my understanding that’s a club you don’t get to quit, resign or retire. They will make an example of you for others of your generation should you try.
#1 attribute? Able to pass a lie detector test while lying the whole time
another, very significant, black mark on the CIA is Ms Slotkin.
Don’t forget that Governor-Elect of Virginia is Abigail Spanberger, a Trump hater, and also is CIA.
Spamberger. She corrected someone for misspelling her name.
She is an empty suit. Soros paid politician. Did nothing in congress and will do her best to destroy Virginia.
Spamburger…are you a fellow Virginian?
She’s definitely a fake.
I am starting to use Spambooger…
She might be worse than Dim Kane.. You know the Governor that shut down the rest areas on 95. Now that is leadership.
Oohhh… Horsies!!!
oh, you mean governor ziploc?
The CIA needs to be dismantled. It became rouge long agi
I’m saying……that NO ONE……has come to any……of those seditious bastards……with questions about “illegal orders.”
They’d go to JAG and legal on their base.
Probably true. Nobody wants to admit they don’t understand. I wrote before here about how a lowly secretary tested the system and actually ordered aircraft on the taxpayer dime and got away with it because nobody wanted to admit they were out of the loop and if her boss figured it out he dared not say his employee was out of control or had too much access.
Just as an aside: In November of 1917 Russia was fighting Kaiser Wilhelm and the Germans along their Western boundaries. The Bolsheviks, namely Lenin and Trotsky, were fomenting their Communist Revolution at that time. One of their many edicts was to encourage the Russian military to disobey any orders to they thought were given to help put down the Bolshevik Revolution. They called for a general insurrection from the army and the seamen. This was done by the majority of the rank and file and was the turning point in the Revolutionary power struggle. The Bolsheviks gained the governmental power to control Russia and to to add Ukraine and Finland to the uprising, as well. This was the creation of the so called Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. There were laws against sedition in Russia and they did not matter a whit to the Communist Bolshevik Party because this was the whole ball of wax for them and their revolt. They either win or lose the power of Government, and to the victors go the spoils. This is why Senator Slotkin would not answer the question of calling Trumps chain of command seditious. They never will answer our side’s questions and there are plenty of their Comrades in the media who are also committed Communists and who will provide cover for her and her co-conspirators.
They think their Global Communist Revolution is in full swing and they are trying to enlist enough of the military to neutralize the US armed services as a service to their revolution. Even if they can’t stop President Trump from sinking the narco-boats, they are hoping to weaken his control of our armed services.
As for me, I am studying Communism and its ancient origins because I believe we should know what our enemies believe before they start the actual fighting.
court-marshal every sailor, soldier and governmeny employee who refuses to obey an order based on its legality.
They are currently not the problem. The problem is the Communist attempt to convince members of the military that they don’t have to follow orders they may or may not agree with. This is designed to undermine powers given to our President in our Constitution. The time will come when the Communists try to enlist the majority of the military for participation in their Communist revolution. We have to realize how dangerous the idea of forcing all working people to get the same lousy incomes that the Government currently provides to the chronically unemployed people.
Stealing the property other people have worked to own is still stealing, no matter what excuses can be made up for doing it. We are all supposedly equal under the law. But it is common knowledge that every person has their own level of ability and ambition to work for what they get. Everybody gets a chance to accomplish what they can under the law. Communists are all about equality of outcome, which they label as equity.
The only promise our Constitution made to us is being treated as equals as far as the law is concerned. Politicians and lawyers have made a complete mess of this by skimming along the edges whatever graft they can get away with. Since this is our real problem, it might not be advisable to follow our law industry’s lead when it comes to the idea of our own rights to our own property.
It also enforces Hillary’s call of returning to their “roots’, Leninist-Trotskyism
🎯💯
They all such liars, there was a time when lying was a big no no, and then marxists came.
Pretending and fantasizing aside, no one will ever win a Pulitzer Prize for covering what would be a trial of the century, the trial of these 6 congress men/women for sedition or treason, as no such trial will happen in America.
Now, if this were in China, Russia, Iran, Cuba or Venezuela, that would be a different matter.
In those places where would be no trial. It would be straight to the gallows.
So it’s your personal opinion that President Trump is simply “going through the motions” to appease the peasants?
We are a nation of laws or we are nothing at all. The only bond we have as citizens of the United Stated is one single agreement, to simply follow our Constitution. Every nation you name above is bonded by centuries of lineage, we are bonded by a single idea, the idea that is America. We cherish it, we respect it, we participate in it, or we watch it disappear. Two eyes open allows for the mind to experience perspective.
Our rule of law is has been extremely distorted helping one side while completely destroying the working class.
We must ask why Lawyers and the people in this type of work are always so ready to lie or believe a lie for their case to move forward. If the lie depends on loosing the case they double down so they will not loose the truth means nothing to them. IE. Blondie and the Travon Martin case.
One can research all the folks in jail who are innocent the prosecutor knowingly has evidence yet they will double down as to not be wrong.
Our system can only work for a good morale and just people. We are way past that many of the immoral are in the legal system simply for the $$$$ and the root of much EVIL is due to $$$$. Just my 2 cents. Seems like us peasants will not see any justice.
What you are saying is we do not in fact have a functional judiciary, that means Military Tribunals for civilians such as our six Democrat provocateurs as I have maintained all along. (they qualify simply based on their oaths) Now the questions becomes: Does President Trump have the intestinal fortitude to go through with it? And will the military follow his commands? He’s told you they caught them all, he’s told you it can never be allowed to happen again. If you look at everything this man has said and done since he came down the escalator it’s an obvious YES.
Ask yourself why hasn’t the President defied said judiciary yet? Never interrupt an enemy while they’re busy destroying themselves. Either you have enough faith to support the man or you don’t. I have no faith in the system, but I have faith in what I see beginning to unfold before me. IMO, he has no intention of relying on Patel or Bondi to get the job done knowing they are part of the problem when he appointed them. This isn’t 4D chess, it’s commonsense.
Dream on. No one will be held accountable…no one.
This woman started lying the moment she opened her mouth. There are not numbers of officers coming to her with fear and complaints. Maybe a few Vinemans. This will be one of the bases for his next impeachment.
There will be no “next impeachment”. Times up, game over. For those who paid attention to his words know he set a date, it’s approaching.
She’s a big fat liar. What a surprise. Ozempic brain is real. Combine that with TDS and throw away your career.
OK let’s talk about Slotkin’s insinuation of President Trump’s “illegal orders” regarding the military being brought into the cities to assist the NG trying to control the violent rioting, the attacks against ICE trying to remove violent illegal immigrant Cartel members, and other criminal groups who have invaded our country and are wreaking havoc on our cities. Let’s include the violent anarchy groups like Antifa who have jumped on the band wagon in the chaos and have done their best to wreak havoc, destruction, and try to kill police. And also the Jihadist pro-Palestinian anarchy groups who have jumped into the frey as well.
Why did Trump have to send in the NG to Los Angeles, for example? Answer: Because the Democrats told local law enforcement to stand down and to not only NOT assist ICE from rounding up the criminal aliens, but to do NOTHING to prevent the rioters from their murderous, fiery rampage of the city. After these groups were laying siege to the downtown area and started setting fires all around the area, Newsom decided well into the mayhem that maybe he’d better finally try to do something or the city would soon be in ashes. (We’ve lived through that before in LA during the city-wide Rodney King riots) So he had the CHP respond and told everyone not to worry, as the CHP could surely contain “the protesters”. He continued to do everything he possibly could to obstruct ICE and President Trump from sending in the NG. Even though the nightly videos of the violent riots and destruction went viral, he lied to the media that the city was “mostly peaceful.” The next thing we saw were videos of the burned out shells of CHP vehicles, trapped by an overpasss with rioters setting fires and shooting rockets at federal officers. Things were completely out of control. Newsom is a completely incompetent, clueless man and a psychopath.
OF COURSE President Trump had to send in the National Guard to restore law and order, and when it looked like this may not be sufficient to curtail the rioting Cartels, Antifa terrorists, etc he had the marines come in to stand by to assist. That was the responsible thing to do and here in CA we welcomed this. Thank God for President Trump. Even though CA has been a Democrat strong hold, he demonstrated he still cares about the safety of the citizens of CA. God Bless him.
CIA Senator Slotkin seems confused. She may imagine President Trump’s orders to restore law and order to a city under siege by violent enemy combatants and domestic anarchists to be “illegal” because it appears that she, along with the bulk of the Democrat Party see these anarchists and criminal Cartels as their allies now in their common quest to overthrow the Trump Administration and install a Communist Authoritarian government or at least one that gives the Cartels a free reign. She can’t understand why President Trump would want to put a stop to the process. In her twisted mind she may actually view President Trump’s refusal to go along with the violent anarchy and his subsequent orders to NG & the military to put a stop to this as “illegal.”
She is presumably clueless that most normal people don’t share this pathological perspective. On the contrary, we like our Constitutional Republic, and we don’t like being terrorized by these criminal illegals and Cartels or having our cities destroyed. We WELCOME President Trump’s actions to deport them to prison. We are PROUD of our military coming in to assist the NG to defend our country against these invaders and domestic terrorists. They are our heroes.
Slotnik and others are trying to cover their bases now because they realize their attempt to instigate a military coup has failed. They should be prosecuted for this seditious behavior and any who are former military should be considered for being stripped of their military benefits if found guilty. All of them should be removed from Congress asap. This is completely unacceptable.
It IS treason.
So she’s deflecting that this is a result of members of the National Guard (‘hordes’ of, apparently…lol) coming to her wondering whether it is legal to go to the various cities that President Trump is sending them to, where there have been court cases, injunctions, TRO’s etc., temporarily preventing him from doing so. Perhaps?? Kudos to ABC for pushing back on this. I imagine that despite what side of the aisle you are on, the video is disturbing to anyone, and insinuates something far greater than the National Guard cleaning up blue cities.
If there are such NG’s coming to complain it’s probably those of the LGBT variety. Why was Slotkin in that photo with Zelensky? That says it all right there!! She is a stooge of the Lindman ilk. Shame her for being a traitor, a liar and a dastardly instigator.
So, my sense is that Slotkin and her running dogs are nowvsoliciting military officers to “come forward” and make statements about supposedly illegal orders.
Democrats has no principle conviction. Nazi Pelosi was just invited at Dick Cheney funeral after telling everyone that he was like a ‘war criminal’. All performative outrage to keep us divided.
Slotkin’s “bomb threat” is absolutely getting ratioed to the moon in the comments section of every media outlet in Michigan.
Congress has the tools at its disposal to deal with a Commander-in-Chief who is actually issuing illegal orders to the troops. Going on social media to urge general disobedience among the troops and intelligence services, just for the hell of it, is not one of those tools and is very much the definition of sedition. In any other period other than the post-Constitutional one we find ourselves in, it would be a national scandal and those involved would be driven out of office and brought up on charges. But it’s a testament to how low we’ve fallen as a country that such miscreants look for justification in a trip to the salon and a puff appearance on state media.
Stolen votes aside, what does it say about a country that millions of voters cast the ballot for such people? I know that we’re scraping the bottom of the barrel for representatives, but isn’t this getting ridiculous? Isn’t it time to raise the standards a bit?
J
At the very least, the Trump administration needs to terminate her security clearance due to her seditious statements. At least put it on hold and “under review”. Same with the rest of the six that put out the video. Then if anyone gives them classified information, the Feds can bust down their doors and charge them with receiving classified information and whoever gave them that info gets in the hot water too. Remember, the process is the punishment.
“So, I think the reason we put that statement out is because the sheer number of, frankly, young officers who are coming to us and saying, I just am not sure.” Not sure of what? Name two. “And I think, look, you don’t have to take my word for it.” Don’t worry — I won’t. The whole world saw your BS coming from a mile away.
Any member of the military who has sworn an oath of allegiance can be placed in front of a military tribunal regardless of status, i.e. even after having been discharged.
Now for the doubters, read the oath sworn by every member of every intelligence agency. They have chosen to play a dangerous game, and our President isn’t playing, the 1886 SC ruling isn’t even in play here.. Prepare popcorn accordingly.
She’s nervous. That fully justifies it, of course.
In other words…..she is a lying piece of garbage trying to sow discord in the administration….and she should be held accountable like the other 5 should as well.
But unfortunately………accountability seems to be the one thing that never happens in DC!
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/24/slotkin-has-a-war-plan-to-beat-trump-dont-be-weak-and-woke-00308176
By Adam Wren
04/24/2025 03:29 PM EDT
Elissa Slotkin, the former CIA analyst turned battleground senator, will on Thursday start road-testing what she calls a “war plan” to “contain and defeat Donald Trump.”
uh huh….I know what she’s after…..it’s obvious she thinks she is presidential material. NOT.
Impeachment
The enemy is sowing confusion among some vulnerable (or deranged) soldiers. The message videoed was ‘don’t obey,’ leaving it up to the soldiers to make up their own minds; now she says it’s “go to your JAG if you’re confused about an order.”
And all the boasberg CIA type JAG has to say is, “I understand why you feel this way,” whilst shaking his head with a little wink.
The JAG will cover himself and the soldier will be hanged.
The CIA has come a long, long way with females since Julie Childs.
Guess they think the best way to bring down this republic is with liberal women.
Too bad her X won’t comment. He’s a retired Army helio pilot.
The primary component of “tradecraft” is lying.
They follow in their fathers footsteps Satan.
I would like to apologize to all for this “woman” being able to steal an election from the state I live in. Sorry
Slotkin is apparently still an operative at the CIA and is carrying out the orders given to her, advance the position of the Deep State. “telling military and intelligence officers to defy President Trump’s orders” is a seditious act and can be punishable by death.
Reading her Wikipedia page provokes the idea that she has been groomed by the CIA for her position. Can’t be good for the U.S.
Today’s news is reporting that DOW nee DOD is launching an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelley’s comments; sic’em, DOW/Pete, hang them high.
The DOD will take care of the former military seditionists and the seditionists will rue the day they decided this whole exhibition was a good idea! What’s incredible is these people were actually elected to Congress. Further evidence Congress is a broken entity today!
DOW
Look at her talking about Iraq as if she wasn’t a key connector with several WH administrations on that very area..and how successful was she? I don’t think it’s a resume builder for the American people, who were tired of war far before her pronouncement in this interview. Does her advice stand for ALL military troops around the world that might be hurting civilians? Note how she conflates being an analyst (touting “tours” and service) with boots-on-the-ground soldiers just like Pete Buttegieg does. Let’s not reward stolen-ish valor in any way. Analysts are protected in protected zones.
#1 attribute? Able to pass a lie detector test while lying the whole time
I could only listen to her for a few minutes until I had to turn her off.
Can you imagine our military men & women stopping at every order to “ask their JAG office” whether an action is illegal or not.
What an idiot.
HUGE! Trump Suggests Hegseth Using “Military Courts” to Investigate Democrats who Called for Military Sedition and Coup – “That was a Traitorous Statement… I Know They’re Looking Into it Militarily” (VIDEO)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/11/huge-trump-suggests-hegseth-using-military-courts-investigate/
Slotkin needs to be called out and exposed as deep state CIA and the public educated on color revolution attempt agaunst Americans.
Comparing the current situation to Nuremberg is ludicrous. Deporting illegal aliens is not the least bit comparable to eradicating German citizens who were Jewish. It’s only a tiny bit subtler than calling Trump a Hitler or a Nazi.
This woman takes herself way too seriously, considering she has the worst hairdo ever seen on a US Senator.
Typical Democrat. In her mind, Trump couldn’t possibly be doing the right thing because it is the right thing. She’s right in that there aren’t a lot of votes in it. She is ignoring that fact that Trump did welcome a Jewish son-in-law into his family.
Slutnik did spend a lot of time as a Congresswoman bragging about her impeachment vote so she is hardly an impartial observer.
Of course not one of them thought that scheduling an Oval Office meeting to discuss these concerns with the president would be a good, first step.