… Pete Hegseth to stop the process where they're trying to demote me and take away some of my retirement pay. So I sued Pete Hegseth. We had a court hearing. The judge said they were in violation of my First Amendment rights. Not only me, but billions of retired service members and other service members. But despite that, Pete Hegseth and the Department of Defense is appealing that ruling to the U.S. court of Appeals, the D.C. circuit. So they're not going away. (01:42–01:51)
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