Former White House adviser Steve Bannon urged the Trump administration to speed up the investigation against Democratic Senator Mark Kelly for telling military and intelligence officers to reject unlawful orders.
Speaking during his "War Room" Podcast, Bannon claimed that President Donald Trump "says no games" and outlined a scenario where that premise would materialize.
Steve Bannon: No games. Recall Mark Kelly today. Convene the court-martial on Friday, verdict by Sunday, let’s go to Leavenworth and throw him in prison by Monday.
— Republicans against Trump (@RpsAgainstTrump) November 26, 2025
The other five will wet themselves, then let’s roll them up. Let’s go. pic.twitter.com/eIjBDLbRQQ
"President trump says no games. Here's no games: recall Kelly today. Tell the flag officers there will be no long Thanksgiving weekend. Friday you're going to convene a court martial. Let's get a verdict by Sunday. Let's go to Leavenworth and throw him in prison by Monday. The other five will wet themselves, then we'll start rolling them up," he added, in reference to the Democratic lawmakers who also appeared in the video aimed at military and intelligence members.
The issue continues to dominate the conversation, particularly after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a top military official a hard deadline to provide updates on the investigation started after the video was published.
In a social media publication, the department told Navy Secretary John Phelan until December 10 to provide updates on the investigation regarding "potentially unlawful comments made by CAPT (Ret) Mark E. Kelly."
"I am referring this, and any other related matters, for your review, consideration, and disposition as you deem appropriate. Please provide me a brief on the outcome of your review by no later than December 10, 2025," the document adds.
The FBI is also scheduling interviews with the six lawmakers who took part in the video. Fox News detailed on Tuesday that the agencies have contacted Capitol Police to schedule the interviews with Kelly, as well as Sen. Elissa Slotkin, and Reps. Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, Chrissy Houlahan and Jason Crow.
Kelly has rejected the investigation, claiming that Trump and other officials are inciting violence against him. Speaking to Jimmy Kimmel during the latter's show, he slammed Hegseth and said what has ensued is an example of "how democracies die." "It is right out of the playbook, you know, the playbook of authoritarianism. That's what they do. They try to suppress speech," the lawmaker told the host.
"Every one of us has First Amendment speech rights, and I think the president is infringing on those and he is sending, he is sending a pretty strong message. You do not want to cross him, and your loyalty should be to him. It should not. It should always be to the Constitution," he added.
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