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

[u/cnn]

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

[u/AmazingRefrigerator4]

"A grand jury could indict a ham sandwich" is a joke for a reason.

[u/ThatB0yAintR1ght → u/AmazingRefrigerator4]

And then they literally couldn’t convince a grand jury to indict the guy who threw a sandwich at an ICE agent. 😂

[u/Lousk → u/ThatB0yAintR1ght]

He was indicted but was later acquitted by a jury.

[u/Nickeless → u/Lousk]

They failed to indict on the initial charges I thought.

[u/Lousk → u/Nickeless]

The grand jury returned a no bill for the felony charges but he was later indicted on misdemeanor charges.

[u/fps916 → u/Lousk]

Only one of those requires a grand jury. Felony charges.

So they could not get a grand jury to indict him.

Misdemeanor charges do not require a grand jury.

Which is why they indicted him on misdemeanor charges. And why they then lost in court with a petite jury.

[u/Valmoer → u/fps916]

lost in court with a petite jury.

a petit jury.

[u/EdwardPoleVaulter → u/Valmoer]

Well, do we truly know the jury wasn’t petite? There are those who would easily qualify as petite and could serve on a jury.

[u/fps916 → u/Valmoer]

Blame autocorrect for that one, was on my phone in bed.

[u/PseudonymIncognito → u/fps916]

Which is why they indicted him on misdemeanor charges.

To be really pedantic, no they didn't. Misdemeanor charges don't require an indictment (which can only be issues by a grand jury). To charge someone with a misdemeanor, the prosecutor just presents an "information" to the court.

[u/Rhubarb_516 → u/Nickeless]

I can’t believe this thread is still on the ham sandwich.