• FBI requests interviews with US Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, and other lawmakers involved in a controversial social media video 
• Slotkin called FBI involvement a ‘scare tactic,’ stands by comments that military service members should defy ‘illegal orders’
• President Donald Trump accused Slotkin and others who participated in the video of sedition ‘punishable by DEATH’

Michigan US Sen. Elissa Slotkin and other Democratic lawmakers involved in a controversial social media video are now the subject of a Federal Bureau of Investigation inquiry, they said Tuesday.

Speaking at a fire hall in Inkster, Slotkin said the FBI’s Counterterrorism Division notified Congress of the potential probe Monday evening — six days after she posted the video in which they called on U.S. military members to uphold the Constitution and defy “illegal orders.”

Slotkin, who accused Trump of “weaponizing the federal government” against his critics, also suggested Tuesday that the CIA, her former employer, “has been talking about me.”

The Holly Democrat said she has seen “an immediate and massive uptick in the number of death threats” sent to her office, as well as a bomb threat at her farm after Trump last week accused her and other lawmakers of sedition “punishable by DEATH.”

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She said she and the five other Democrats involved are currently receiving round-the-clock security detail from the Capitol Police.

“My family has been harassed,” Slotkin said. “It’s been an immediate change to our life.”

The 90-second video posted on social media last week featured Slotkin, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly and Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander and Chrissy Houlahan. All six are veterans of the armed services and intelligence community.

In the clip, they suggested the Trump administration “is pitting our uniformed military against American citizens,” calling on service members to “stand up for our laws” and defy unlawful orders, as prescribed by the Uniform Code of Military Justice.