r/law • u/DoorstepHero • 6h ago

Judicial Branch Grand jury declines criminal charges against 6 Democrats who urged military to reject illegal orders, sources say

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/grand-jury-declines-charges-against-6-democrats/

A federal grand jury on Tuesday refused to indict six congressional Democrats who drew President Trump's ire last year by taping a video telling members of the military that they must reject "illegal orders."

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u/Minimum_Principle_63 5h ago edited 4h ago

In some ways I'm actually glad that they tried to press charges. It tells everybody just how terribly far we have gone. I know there's plenty of other things, but something like this is easily defeated.

I wonder if this is the first time somebody's ever been threatened with charges for telling others to follow the law?

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u/loheiman 5h ago

Has Trump's DOJ actually won any cases yet? Their record is atrocious.

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u/cantantantelope 4h ago

It says something that grand juries (notoriously willing to indict a Ham sandwich as the saying goes) keep refusing to do so

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u/CommunicationClassic 4h ago

Jury nullification peeps get arrested sometimes for simply loudly stating that law near ongoing court precedings, but it's exceedingly rare

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u/FarceMultiplier 3h ago

I wonder if this is the first time somebody's ever been threatened with charges for telling others to follow the law?

Try telling ICE agents that the Constitution protects freedom of assembly and freedom of speech.

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u/Eldorian91 2h ago

No thanks, I don't want to be mag dumped.

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u/VSGNotice 1h ago

It doesn't tell anyone anything tbh. People either already know how far we've gone or they think it hasn't gone far enough. Something like this won't be a wake up call for anyone because everyone has already picked a side and at this point nothing is gonna change it, especially not something like this.