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Miles Archer

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Thu Feb 12, 2026, 10:43 AM Feb 12

With the failure to indict Kelly, does that also wipe away Hegseth's threat to "downgrade" his rank and pension? [View all]

I haven't seen anything that specifically addresses it other than this:

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans last month to downgrade Kelly’s retired U.S. Navy captain rank and pension over his supposedly “seditious statements.” Kelly subsequently sued the secretary of defense, noting that Hegseth once agreed with the message in the video.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mark-kelly-wannabe-dictator-trump-doj-indictment_n_698da7b9e4b0967ff0046e6d?origin=home-latest-news-unit
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