The Pentagon announced last month that it launched an investigation into Sen. Mark Kelly after issuing a bold declaration to U.S. troops that President Donald Trump billed as a seditious act “punishable by DEATH”

He revealed in a newly-posted video that his wife laughed upon finding out about Hegseth’s decision following Trump’s threats that Kelly’s video was an act of sedition “punishable by DEATH.”

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) revealed how his wife, ex-Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), reacted to the Pentagon’s announcement that it would be launching an investigation into him.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth released a memorandum for the Secretary of the Navy Nov. 25 about “potentially unlawful conduct by” retired U.S. Navy Captain Kelly. The senator was among six Democratic lawmakers who have served in the military or intelligence community who released a video telling U.S. troops that “you can refuse illegal orders,” while others urged them to “stand up for our laws … our Constitution” in November. Kelly is a retired Navy captain who served as a fighter pilot before becoming an astronaut.

He revealed in a newly-posted video that his wife laughed upon finding out about Hegseth’s decision following President Donald Trump’s threats that Kelly’s video was an act of sedition “punishable by DEATH.”

“When Pete Hegseth tweeted he was going to prosecute me under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, I see this tweet, I take out my phone and I read it verbatim to Gabby and by the second sentence, she starts laughing,” Kelly said in a video posted on his X account. “She laughed and laughed.”

He claims that there are two reasons why she was able to laugh off the serious matter.

“She laughed through the whole thing. Because she realized two things,” he continued. “One, that guy’s [referring to Hegseth] a joke. And, number two, I’m not backing down.”

Kelly posted a video sharing his wife’s reaction to the Pentagon investigation into him

The Pentagon released a statement that alleged Kelly’s remarks interfered with the “loyalty, morale, or good order and discipline of the armed forces” by citing the federal law that prohibits such actions.

“A thorough review of these allegations has been initiated to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures,” the statement said.

Kelly has said that he stands by his statement and called those investigating him “bullies.”

“If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work,” Kelly said in a statement.

Kelly has said that he stands by his statement and called those investigating him “bullies.”

The investigation into Kelly comes as Hegseth finds himself embroiled in several scandals of his own that have put his integrity and competence in question.

The Pentagon released a report earlier in the week that Hegseth, who has overseen President Trump’s costly rebranding of his agency to the Department of War, put U.S. troops in danger after accidentally leaking U.S. strike plans on the Houthis in Yemen on his personal phone to a journalist in a Signal chat. He denies that he revealed classified information.

He is also under fire following a recent report from The Washington Post that accuses him of ordering a second strike on an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Caribbean Sea, killing two who appeared to survive the initial strike. A bipartisan effort is underway to investigate the incident, which Hegseth denies and calls fake news. Kelly, himself, spoke out against Hegseth following the report’s emergence.