By Jennifer L. Pignolet and Melissa Nann Burke, The Detroit News

INKSTER, Mich. — U.S. Sen. Elissa Slotkin said Tuesday that the FBI’s counterterrorism division has launched an “inquiry” into her and five other Democratic lawmakers who created a video urging members of the military that they may defy illegal orders.

“Last night, the counterterrorism division at the FBI sent a note to the members of Congress saying they are opening what appears to be an inquiry against the six of us,” Slotkin told reporters Tuesday at a fire hall in Inkster.

Slotkin in a joint statement with the other Democrats said the FBI had requested interviews with each lawmaker via the House and Senate Sergeants at Arms. They accused President Donald Trump of “using the FBI as a tool to intimidate and harass member

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