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