Michigan Democrat Sen. Elissa Slotkin appeared Sunday on ABC News' "This Week," where she explained why she voted against confirming Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense.

Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., peppered former Fox News commentator and former Army National Guard officer Pete Hegseth as to whether he would reject any order given to him in violation of the law or the U.S. Constitution if he becomes secretary of the Defense ...

Your predecessor in a Trump administration, Secretary Esper, was asked and did use uniformed military to clear unarmed protesters." The post ‘What Are You Scared Of?’ Slotkin Presses Hegseth to Answer Question On Potentially Following An Illegal Order first appeared on Mediaite.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin asked defense-secretary nominee Pete Hegseth whether presidents can give illegal orders to the military, and whether Hegseth would follow them.

Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) called out defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth for "genuflecting" to President-elect Donald Trump instead of saying he would obey the U.S. Constitution. During Tuesday's Senate confirmation hearing,

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Michigan) pressed Pete Hegseth about his future response as secretary of defense to President-elect Donald Trump's orders if they violate the Constitution. Slotkin used an example from Defense Secretary Mark Esper's time in Trump's term in the White House to argue the potential scenario.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump’s pick for Secretary of Defense, was grilled by the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday in a heated confirmation hearing. Among the senators asking questions? Newly-elected U.

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D., Mich.) asked Hegseth whether a president can give an illegal order and, if so, would he “stand in the breach” should President-elect Donald Trump do so. Hegseth said he rejected the premise of the question,

Pete Hegseth Spars With Elissa Slotkin Over Hypothetical Actions By Trump At today's Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) questioned Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Defense.

The U.S. Senate has confirmed Pete Hegseth as defense secretary. Vice President JD Vance cast a rare tie-breaking vote to confirm Hegseth, a former Fox News host and combat veteran who faced accusations of rape,

Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's nominee to be the next Secretary of Defense, has refused to answer whether or not Hegseth, as Secretary, would follow an unconstitutional order given by Donald Trump. This line of questioning was brought up during a back-and-forth with Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin who asked Hegseth whether it was possible for a President to give an unconstitutional order,

Michigan's two Democratic senators probed Pete Hegseth's qualifications to lead the Pentagon and whether he'd follow illegal orders from Donald Trump.