Grand Jury says no
You remember this vid from six members of Congress, right?
You remember that the Moron-in-Chief insisted that these Democrats are traitors deserving hanging? Or at least that his fully corrupted Department of Justice criminally indict them for reminding the military of the training every service member receives that it is their duty not to obey illegal orders?
The New York Times reports:
The move to charge the lawmakers — among them, Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona and Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan — was, by any measure, an extraordinary attempt by Trump appointees to politicize the criminal justice system even for a Justice Department that has repeatedly shattered norms of independence from the White House and followed Mr. Trump’s directives to prosecute his adversaries.
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for D.C., on Tuesday presented the retributive case to a grand jury and asked for an indictment. Trump boasts that he can identify a giraffe on a page. Grand jurors can identify a kangaroo court from a mile away. Jurors say no … again:
Before Mr. Trump’s second term, it had been exceedingly rare for grand jurors to rebuff requests by prosecutors seeking indictments. It is now happening with increased frequency, as Mr. Trump’s appointees push ahead with questionable cases in an effort to appease him.
On Tuesday, prosecutors presenting the case sought to persuade the grand jurors that the lawmakers had violated a statute that forbids interfering with the loyalty, morale or discipline of the U.S. armed forces, according to one of the people familiar with the matter.
Politico adds that under federal law, a grand jury of “at least 12 of the between 16 and 23 members of the panel must vote to find probable cause to proceed with the charge.”
Pirro’s office had no comment.
In November, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the former Fox weekend co-host, called the video “despicable, reckless, and false.” He decried the “Seditious Six” for encouraging troops to ignore orders. Not to be left unquoted now, Hegseth tapped in for Pirro:
“Their foolish screed sows doubt and confusion — which only puts our warriors in danger,” Mr. Hegseth wrote.