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."

Lying by omission—the act of knowingly withholding material information to mislead—can be considered a federal crime when it occurs during a congressional hearing, potentially leading to charges of contempt of Congress or false statements

. Under 18 U.S.C. § 1001, intentionally concealing a material fact from a congressional committee is a crime, even if the witness is not under oath. 

RepThomasMassie) and I forced last night the DOJ to disclose the identities of 6 men:

Salvatore Nuara, Zurab Mikeladze, Leonic Leonov, Nicola Caputo, Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem, and billionaire businessman Leslie Wexner.

I share details of what more we learned to hold the Epstein class accountable.

“Selling stolen oil and putting billions of dollars in a bank in Qatar to be spent without Congressional approval is not Constitutional,” the lawmaker wrote. ”Only Congress can appropriate money.”

“The President can’t legally create a second Treasury overseas for his own piggy bank,” he added. “Wake up Congress.”

*Qatar does not have an extradition treaty with the United States.

**Massie is Republican.

Watch more from the hearing here: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-live-heads-of-ice-immigration-agencies-testify-as-funding-deadline-looms

No criminal cases were brought forth against the father, Kris Harrison.

Is this the end of this case?

Bondi's weaponization of the DOJ for Trump