{"id":2515826,"date":"2025-11-30T08:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-response-was-telling-scott-jennings-presses-democrat-to-name-illegal-order-trump-issued\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T08:46:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T13:46:28","slug":"the-response-was-telling-scott-jennings-presses-democrat-to-name-illegal-order-trump-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-response-was-telling-scott-jennings-presses-democrat-to-name-illegal-order-trump-issued\/","title":{"rendered":"The Response Was Telling: Scott Jennings Presses Democrat to Name Illegal Order Trump Issued"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthe-response-was-telling-scott-jennings-presses-democrat-to-name-illegal-order-trump-issued%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2515826&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article covers a heated exchange on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;NewsNight&#8221; where senior political commentator Scott Jennings questioned former Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa about claims that President Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-general-confirms-trump-never-issued-an-illegal-order-following-2020-election\/\" title=\"General confirms: ... never gave illegal ... after 2020 election.\">issued illegal orders<\/a>. The discussion stemmed from a video featuring Democratic Senator elissa Slotkin and five other Democrats with military or intelligence backgrounds urging personnel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-scott-jennings-chews-up-dems-on-genuinely-shocking-call-for-military-to-disobey-orders-foment-insurrection-in-the-ranks-of-the-military\/\" title=\"Watch: Scott ... Chews up Dems on Genuinely Shocking Call for ... to Disobey ...s - &#039;Foment Insurrection in the Ranks of the ...&#039;\">disobey illegal orders<\/a> from Trump. Jennings pressed Hinojosa to name any specific illegal orders Trump had given, which neither she nor Slotkin could provide. Hinojosa ultimately clarified that she was not accusing Trump of issuing illegal orders but emphasized the importance of whistleblower protections under Congress. Additionally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congo-pitches-minerals-deal-to-trump-after-embrace-of-ukrainian-deal\/\" title=\"Congo pitches minerals deal to ... after embrace of Ukrainian deal\">article mentions recent<\/a> U.S. military strikes against vessels linked to Venezuelan drug gangs, approved despite a Senate resolution attempting to block them under the War powers Act.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>CNN senior political commentator Scott Jennings challenged former Democratic National Committee spokeswoman Xochitl Hinojosa to name any &ldquo;illegal orders&rdquo; President Donald Trump issued during a &ldquo;CNN NewsNight&rdquo; panel on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and five other Democrats who served in the military or intelligence agencies appeared in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorSlotkin\/status\/1990774492356902948\">video<\/a> that urged members of the military and intelligence agencies to disregard &ldquo;illegal&rdquo; orders issued by Trump. Hinojosa complained about the FBI arranging interviews with Slotkin and the others who appeared in the video.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Wait, can I ask you a question? Stop what? You said they want them to stop. Stop what?&rdquo; Jennings asked, with Hinojosa responding, &ldquo;They want them to stop speaking out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So you said, &lsquo;Speaking out against Trump.&rsquo; So you&rsquo;re saying that you believe that inherent in the video is that Donald Trump has given illegal orders?&rdquo; Jennings asked, with Hinojosa replying, &ldquo;No, I never said that. No, actually, what I will say about &ndash;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Scott Jennings waited for the perfect moment&hellip;and then he pounced.<\/p>\n<p>And when he did, it completely reset her hard drive.<\/p>\n<p>Former DNC spokesperson Xochitl Hinojosa was mid-rant, insisting Trump was using the FBI to silence Democrats over their stunt video.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s when she got hit&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N6Fj2FbaA8\">pic.twitter.com\/N6Fj2FbaA8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Overton (@overton_news) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/overton_news\/status\/1993525653530906626?\">November 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  Slotkin was unable to name an illegal order Trump gave when she was pressed by &ldquo;This Week&rdquo; host Martha Raddatz. Jennings pressed Hinojosa about whether Trump had issued illegal orders.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If it&rsquo;s speaking against Trump, then you took the message the way they intended it. You took it the way they intended it, which is that Trump has given illegal orders. And you can&rsquo;t name one and nobody else can,&rdquo; Jennings said, with Hinojosa responding, &ldquo;Hold on. Let me just say that Congress has a role in ensuring that there are whistleblower protections when people come out when something &ndash;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;So you believe there are illegal orders?&rdquo; Jennings asked, leading Hinojosa to reply, &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not saying there is, I&rsquo;m saying the Biden administration &mdash; I&rsquo;m saying the Biden administration, there were whistleblowers. In other administrations, there have been whistleblowers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>United States military forces have conducted multiple strikes against vessels allegedly engaged in running drugs since Sept. 2, when forces sank a boat carrying 11 members of the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua, which Trump declared a foreign terrorist organization when he took office on Jan. 20. The Senate defeated a resolution disapproving the strikes under the War Powers Act by a 51-49 vote on Nov. 13.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. All republished articles must include our logo, our reporter&rsquo;s byline and their DCNF affiliation. For any questions about our guidelines or partnering with us, please contact&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]]=document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display='block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src=firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id']=firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting=jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display='block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CNN senior political analyst Scott Jennings confronted former Democratic National Committee spokesperson Xochitl Hinojosa during a &#8220;CNN NewsNight&#8221; panel on Tuesday, asking her to identify any &#8220;illegal orders&#8221; given by President Donald Trump. In a video, Democratic Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and five other Democrats with military or intelligence backgrounds encouraged service members to refuse any unlawful commands from Trump. Hinojosa criticized the FBI for coordinating interviews with Slotkin and the others featured in the video. When Jennings questioned what they wanted stopped, Hinojosa said they aimed to halt speaking out against Trump. Jennings pressed further, asking if she believed Trump had issued illegal orders inherent in the video; she denied making that claim. Later, when pressed again about illegal orders by host Martha Raddatz and Jennings, neither Slotkin nor Hinojosa could name any specific illegal command from Trump. Instead, Hinojosa shifted focus to whistleblower protections under Congress and referenced whistleblowers in previous administrations without confirming any illegal orders under Trump<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2515827,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-11-27T020826.513.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4912,67764,38862,3634],"class_list":["post-2515826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrat","tag-illegal-order","tag-scott-jennings","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-11-27T020826.513.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515826","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2515826"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515826\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2515830,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2515826\/revisions\/2515830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2515827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2515826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2515826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2515826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}