Elissa Slotkin Chews Up 4 Minutes Pestering Trump Official

1 sourceUpdated Jul 2, 2026

Democratic Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin spent four minutes during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Thursday hounding a Department of Defense (DOD) official about so-called illegal orders. Slotkin, who told…

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