Trump administration fails to secure indictment in connection with Democrats involved in 'illegal orders' video

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Source: NBC

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration tried and failed on Tuesday to secure an indictment in connection with a video featuring six Democratic lawmakers urging members of the military and intelligence communities not to comply with unlawful orders, three sources familiar with the matter told NBC News.

It was not clear how many of the lawmakers the Trump administration attempted to indict, or if the failed attempt will be addressed in a future court hearing.

The indictment pursued by the office of U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro is the latest example of the Justice Department targeting the president’s perceived political opponents. The government attorneys assigned to the case are political appointees, not career Justice Department prosecutors, according to a source familiar with the investigation.

A Justice Department spokesman and a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday night.



Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/doj-fails-secure-indictment-democrats-involved-illegal-orders-video-rcna258385

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[BumRushDaShow]

1. Another "Pirro Special".

(NYT had a breaking on this)

[underpants]

15. I think this is at least 15 failed indictments by her office

I can’t find the article but there were 9 last September alone.

[BumRushDaShow]

18. Found one from September that said "at least 11" (and that was for back then apparently starting in August)

'This creates some real concerns': Judge says US Attorney Pirro's office has dismissed 11 felony cases over the past month

[underpants]

19. So this is at least 17. That's exactly the article I was looking for

👍

[BumRushDaShow]

20. And that's just out of that one office

the same is repeating nationwide.

[wolfie001]

2. This pig should've been jailed for going 119 mph on a NY highway

Repulsive harridan.

[Deuxcents]

3. There's no comment because it was a lost cause from the start.

[CaptainTruth]

4. I'm so old I can remember when we had a First Amendment that protected free speech.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

5. And Pirro loses....again.

How long before this Trumpedo loving loser is tossed under the bus by Trumpedo?

[riversedge]

13. Her losing makes my heart smile

[underpants]

16. My count is 15 failed indictments...so far

I think this is at least 15 failed indictments by her office.
I can’t find the article but there were 9 last September alone.

[mdbl]

6. Thank you citizens for recognizing a fraudulent charge

I'm glad there's still some people left that do the right thing. Now will the court sanction miss drunk for wasting tax payer money on this?

[MuirHero]

7. Pirro is a drunk and an absolute disgrace.

[Skittles]

8. it was never gonna happen

this was all bullshit red meat for the moronic MAGAts

[jgmiller]

9. She has to have set the record for failed federal grand jury indictments by now

You almost never hear of them not getting an indictment and she's up to at least 4 isn't she? That has to be a record. Oh and lets not forget somehow managing to lose a misdemeaner jury trial. Somewhere some law professor is preparing a lecture using her as a cautionary tale.

[MLWR]

14. Her batting average can't be all that great.

[underpants]

17. 15 by my count.

I think this is at least 15 failed indictments by her office.
I can’t find the article but there were 9 last September alone.

[Fil1957]

10. The ketchup will be flying tonight!

[joanbarnes]

11. I should have invested in catsup stock.

[J_William_Ryan]

12. This is fundamentally fascist -

the Trump regime attempting to use the power of the state to silence political opponents, in violation of the First Amendment.

The criminal Trump regime is precisely why the Framers ratified the First Amendment.

The Democratic lawmakers did nothing to justify an indictment; unlike Trump, they violated no laws.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

21. The regime had NO case to begin with...

What is written cannot be unwritten just because it tells the truth.

The US Constitution falls into the same category. The 6 on the SCoTUS need to get that through their thick heads as well.

[travelingthrulife]

22. Where are Elmo and DOGE to put a stop to the money these people are wasting on frivolous lawsuits.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

23. Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress (NYT Gift Subscription)

The rejection was a remarkable rebuke, suggesting that ordinary citizens did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.

Link to tweet

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/10/us/politics/trump-democrats-illegal-orders-pirro.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LVA.6CKn.AKtD2kERP9jk&smid=nytcore-ios-share

Federal prosecutors in Washington sought and failed on Tuesday to secure an indictment against six Democratic lawmakers who posted a video this fall that enraged President Trump by reminding active-duty members of the military and intelligence community that they were obligated to refuse illegal orders, four people familiar with the matter said.

It was remarkable that the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington — led by Jeanine Pirro, a longtime ally of Mr. Trump’s — authorized prosecutors to go into a grand jury and ask for an indictment of the six members of Congress, all of whom had served in the military or the nation’s spy agencies.

But it was even more remarkable that a group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington forcefully rejected Mr. Trump’s bid to label their expression of dissent as a criminal act warranting prosecution.

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......

“President Trump is using the F.B.I. as a tool to intimidate and harass members of Congress,” the four House members who took part in the video said in a joint statement. “No amount of intimidation or harassment will ever stop us from doing our jobs and honoring our Constitution.”

Mr. Kelly is also facing a separate investigation by the Pentagon into what military officials described as “serious allegations of misconduct.”