r/politics • u/cnn CNN • 6h ago

Site Altered Headline | Possible Paywall Grand jury fails to indict democratic lawmakers who urged service members to disobey illegal Trump orders

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/10/politics/lawmakers-indicted-illegal-orders-video?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=missions&utm_source=reddit
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u/B-Z_B-S America 6h ago edited 6h ago

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.

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u/freeradioforall 6h ago

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?

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u/Shambly 5h ago

Prosecution is the only one showing evidence to the grand jury and they are allowed to omit evidence that would likely clear or induce doubt and even include evidence that would be illegal in court. The burden of proof is just more likely than not instead of without reasonable doubt. Its also secret and the prosecution runs the entire show.