According to new reports, military personnel are seeking outside legal counsel in order to determine whether or not they will be liable for carrying out military orders.

This, of course, coming at the time as Congresspeople like Elise Slockin and Mar Kelly are speaking directly to members of the military telling them not to carry out an illegal order.

Trump so upset by this, that as president of the United States, he put out a tweet saying

that those congresspeople are treasonous and then reposted a post calling for them to be hanged.

This unprecedented move. And what does the law say about

the military personnel carrying it out? We certainly have precedent. As we know, carrying out an

unlawful order is not a defense. Let's get into the law. But before we do so, let's take a look at what Carolyn Leavitt,

the White House press secretary, had to say about this shocking, unprecedented statement by Trump.

Take a listen.

I just follow up. The president and the vice president, for that matter, have accused the other

side of encouraging political violence.

Isn't that exactly what the president is doing when he says that members of Congress should be killed?

Why aren't you talking about what these members of Congress are doing to encourage it in sight violence?

They are literally saying to 1.3 million active duty service members not to defy the chain of command, not to follow lawful orders.

Every single...

Actually, they said if you can refuse an illegal order, which is illegal...

But they're suggesting, 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 chain of command, through the Secretary of War,

is lawful. And the courts have proven that. This administration has an unparalleled record

at the Supreme Court because we are following the laws. We don't defy court orders. We do things

by the books. And to, to suggest

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