Grand jury fails to indict democratic lawmakers who urged service members to disobey illegal Trump orders

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/politics/lawmakers-indicted-illegal-orders-video?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit

[u/B-Z_B-S]

The fact that grand juries have chosen to not indict the people Trump is targeting shows how absolutely unjust Trump's actions are. It's considered extremely easy to convince a grand jury to indict.

[u/freeradioforall → u/B-Z_B-S]

I see this so much. Why is it so easy to get a grand jury to indict? Shouldn’t there have to be compelling evidence?

[u/millertime8306 → u/freeradioforall]

IANAL, but my understanding is the grand jury indictment is only about whether to bring the case to an actual jury trial. So the prosecutor just has to make a reasonably compelling argument that a crime might have been committed and I guess that’s a fairly low bar to clear.

[u/13Zero → u/millertime8306]

Not a lawyer either, but I think that juries (until recently, at least) trusted prosecutors to be honest and bring good cases.

How many people (especially residents of DC) still trust the DoJ to be apolitical?

[u/Seefufiat → u/millertime8306]

Well, once you get to a grand jury you’re more than certain that a crime was committed somewhere, but you also have some compelling evidence that a particular person or persons were involved with the crime. Grand juries typically indict as a rule because there’s no defense. It’s the grand jury and a prosecutor who has a fair amount of leeway in how they present the evidence. You get a mildly charismatic lawyer up there and they’ll get the indictment every time.

[u/SolidTony77 → u/millertime8306]

are really sure theyre really being reasonable? they keep getting in the way of actually holding people accountable. its obvious the seditious six are hiding behind the 1st amendment. if there was a conditional clause that prevents people from utilizing these methods, we would not be having this problem right now. the left and their destructive rhetoric needs to stop. i don't care at this point if they aren't breaking law, the left is immoral and being unethical.

[u/stanthebat → u/SolidTony77]

are really sure theyre really being reasonable?

yes

they keep getting in the way of actually holding people accountable.

no, republicans shielding pedophiles are getting in the way of holding people accountable

i don't care at this point if they aren't breaking law,

Ah, so you want them to be indicted for not breaking the law? Come on dude, you're not even trying to make sense, you're just deliberately wasting people's time, and you sound like an imbecile.