K-File Reveals Hegseth Said the Same Thing About Not Following ‘Illegal Orders’ He’s Now Claiming is ‘Seditious’

Sean James Dec 2nd, 2025, 5:22 pm

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Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made similar comments about troops not following “unlawful orders” that he has ripped six Democratic lawmakers for recently making, according to a CNN report on Tuesday.

Reporter Andrew Kaczynski unearthed a 2016 clip of Hegseth, when he was a Fox News contributor, where he “plainly stated there are costs for illegal actions,” as Kaczynski put it, adding it’s the same “message he now condemns Democrats for spreading.” Hegseth was being asked about soldiers being imprisoned for war crimes when he said the following:

I do think there have to be consequen

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