Rep. Jason Crow Says He Received Bomb Threat and ‘Very Disturbing’ Messages After Trump’s Sedition Claims

04:22 AM, 11/24/2025

Rep. Jason Crow says he and his staff have received “very disturbing” threats — including a bomb threat to his Aurora, Colo., district office — after President Trump accused several Democrats of sedition for telling service members they may refuse illegal orders. Crow told CBS’s Face the Nation the threats will be taken seriously and warned that inflammatory language can inspire violence. The White House later said the president does not support executing members of Congress. Under federal law, seditious conspiracy can carry up to 20 years in prison; military convictions can face separate, harsher penalties in limited cases.

Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) said he and his staff have received “very disturbing” threats — including a bomb threat against his Aurora district office — after President Trump accused him and several other Democratic lawmakers of committing sedition for urging service members to refuse unlawful orders.

“We’re going to take these seriously, but it’s very disturbing stuff,” Crow told Margaret Brennan on CBS’s Face the Nation. “When you have the president threatening to execute and to hang and to arrest using this rhetoric, people listen to it.”

On Friday, Crow posted on X that someone had phoned in a bomb threat to his district office; he later confirmed his office also received additional threatening messages. Crow said his team is coordinating with law enforcement and treating the threats with seriousness.

Last week Crow joined Senators Elissa Slotkin (Mich.) and Mark Kelly (Ariz.) and Representatives Chris Deluzio (Pa.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.) and Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.) in a video posted to X addressing active-duty military and intelligence personnel. The lawmakers said, “Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders.”

President Trump responded on Truth Social by calling the lawmakers “traitors” and later asserting their remarks amounted to “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” He subsequently said the lawmakers “SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW” and accused them of “SEDITION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.”

Legal and political context

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later clarified that the president wants the lawmakers to face consequences but does not support executing members of Congress. Under federal law, a conviction for seditious conspiracy can carry up to 20 years in prison; separate military statutes can impose harsher penalties, including death in very limited circumstances for service members convicted of certain offenses.

Crow pointed to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack as an example of how incendiary rhetoric can lead to violence. “He’s been doing this for years, saying things in total disregard for the outcome in what might happen when he throws this stuff out to the wolves,” Crow said.

Authorities continue to investigate threats against Crow’s office. The congressman said he and his staff are taking additional security precautions while the matter is being reviewed by law enforcement.