Duckworth Announces Senate Hearing on Trump’s Military Deployments to American Cities

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] – Today, combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) will hold a hearing next Thursday, December 11, to receive sworn testimony directly from the Trump Administration’s Department of Defense (DoD) on Trump’s unlawful and unconstitutional domestic deployments of American military troops to intimidate Americans in their own communities.
“Across the United States, Donald Trump has illegally deployed our nation’s servicemembers into American cities under unclear and false pretexts and despite the costs to our military and civil rights. The American people and our troops deserve answers.
“I’m proud to have secured this hearing, which will finally provide the American people an opportunity to hear just how unjustifiable these domestic deployments have been—along with the costs they’ve had on our communities, our civil rights and our servicemembers who selflessly volunteered to protect Americans only to find themselves cruelly forced to turn against them.
“While we never should have had to wait this long, I appreciate Chairman Wicker and Leader Thune working with me to hold this hearing so the members of this committee can carry out our constitutional authority and conduct this important oversight over this Administration’s egregious abuse of our military. I look forward to asking tough questions of the Trump Administration, holding them accountable and seeking the answers our country deserves.”
Duckworth successfully secured this hearing in early October—weeks after she led all of her fellow SASC Democratsin calling on SASC Chairman Wicker to hold this hearing, and shortly aftershe blocked expedited passage of the Fiscal Year 2026National Defense Authorization Act(NDAA) until said hearing was secured.
The details of this hearing are as follows:
WHAT:
U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing on Trump’s Military Deployments to American Cities
WITNESSES:
Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas Security Affairs, Joseph M. Humire
Principal Deputy General Counsel of the Department of Defense, Charles L. Young III
Commander of U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) General Gregory M. Guillot, USAF
WHEN:
9:30AM ET/10:30AM CT
Thursday, December 11
WHERE:
Dirksen Senate Office Building, G50
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