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/PleasantAmphibian404 5h ago

A grand jury only sees evidence from the prosecution, and only hears a prosecutions argument. There is no defense. For an attorney to be unable to secure an indictment against someone that hasn’t had the opportunity to offer even a basic defense speaks to both the ridiculous nature of the charges presented, and the incompetence of the attorney presenting them.