Zincwarrior
Diamond Member
Inversely in a civilian court, the defense can attempt to pull in Hegseth and cross him about his own similar statements.If you are really pissed, your best hope for a vedict you might like, is a civilian court, with jury supposedly random selected of peers in the area where the trial is held. It would on average have education level high school through some college, maybe a professional or two. It would be unlikely they would come in the door knowing the reg by heart, and certainly not having sworn an oath to protecting the Constitution. A good Federal prosecutor (not that Trump Administration has had or at least used any), lately, might have a better chance swaying random civilians, like yourself, even after sitting through the testimony on the regulation itself and required training. Where all military officer's have had some level of training in resisting propaganda, so lawyer tricks of persuasion, simply do not fly as well.
Again I think this would go civil first as Kelly would likely argue he cannot be prosecuted while serving in Congress for this type of action.