WASHINGTON, D.C. (LOOTPRESS) – White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that President Trump does not want to execute members of Congress who urged the military not to follow unlawful orders, but that he wants to see them “held accountable.”

Trump had earlier responded to a video made by six Democrats with military and intelligence backgrounds, calling it “seditious behavior from traitors” and later posting, “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”

“Does the president want to execute members of Congress?” a reporter asked Leavitt.

“No,” Leavitt said. “Many in this room want to talk about the president’s response, but not what brought the president to responding in this way.”

Leavitt disputed that the president had given any illegal orders and accused the l

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