{"id":13877,"date":"2025-11-27T09:55:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=13877"},"modified":"2025-11-27T09:55:11","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T01:55:11","slug":"vindman-trump-hegseth-involved-in-undue-command-influence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/?p=13877","title":{"rendered":"Vindman: Trump, Hegseth \u2018involved in undue command influence\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"629\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/73.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/73.png 629w, https:\/\/tingchao.xyz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/73-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 629px) 100vw, 629px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.) said Tuesday that President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s involvements in efforts to prosecute members of Congress who participated in the \u201cillegal orders\u201d video could force the case to be thrown out on the grounds of \u201cundue command influence.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just Pete Hegseth. It is also the president himself. Both of them have been involved in undue command influence. And I will tell you, there\u2019s no faster way to kill a case in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, in a military court, than undue command influence. And this goes all the way to the top,\u201d Vindman said during a Tuesday appearance on MS NOW, formerly known as MSNBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe interesting thing here is that if this ever sees the inside of a courtroom, and I doubt it, Pete Hegseth and potentially even the president might be called as witnesses, because that\u2019s typically what happens in undue command influence when that issue is raised,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Undue command influence is the improper interference by a senior military or civilian leader with the military justice system that undermines its independence and impartiality and is considered a violation of Article 37 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice, according to Yale Law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump openly condemned the six Democratic lawmakers featured in a video urging service members not to comply with \u201cillegal orders.\u201d The president described their remarks as \u201cSEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR,\u201d later noting it was punishable by death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hegseth deemed the lawmakers the \u201cSeditious Six,\u201d accusing them of launching a \u201cpolitically-motivated influence operation\u201d to inject doubt into the armed forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a retired naval officer who was featured in the video, is now under investigation from the Pentagon for \u201cserious allegations of misconduct.\u201d The lawmaker and his allies, such as Vindman, say he was only encouraging service members to follow the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s outrageous. It\u2019s unacceptable. It\u2019s retaliation and intimidation, pure and simple, to silence. And it\u2019s illegal,\u201d Vindman, who served on the National Security Council during Trump\u2019s first administration, said of the attacks on Kelly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Eugene Vindman (D-Va.) said Tuesday that President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth\u2019s involvements in efforts to prosecute members of Congress who participated in the \u201cillegal orders\u201d video could force the case to be thrown out on the grounds of \u201cundue command influence.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s not just Pete Hegseth. 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