Federal prosecutors in Washington have dropped their case against six Democratic lawmakers who released a video urging military servicemembers to refuse illegal orders.
The decision - confirmed by the BBC’s media partner CBS News - follows US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office failing to secure a grand jury indictment against the six military and intelligence veterans.
The justice department could still pursue the case in a different district, but there were no signs on Tuesday that it intended to do so. Pirro’s office had no comment.
After the Democrats released the video, President Donald Trump called the lawmakers “traitors” and suggested the video was an offence “punishable by death”.
Huh, so it’s not illegal to tell people what the law is after all?
Truly Kafka-esque to try an indict someone for saying “Don’t do crimes”
Hey BBC, get a new media partner.
Your pal,
MeTACO
Unrelated to anything else, everyone should look up Mussolini’s end
Don’t leave us hanging man
Aw man I can’t believe they’re just going to . . *checks notes* . . . follow the law. !
Happy TACO Tuesday, what kind are y’all having today? Normally we do meatless Monday but couldn’t this week, so it’s potato and black bean tacos with homemade tortillas on tonight’s menu.
I could go for some birria tacos, maybe some quesabirrias
sounds very… foreign inspired tbh
(it’s a joke, I have zero issues with foreigners or immigration)
“dropped the case” is a bit like saying “you can’t fire me, I quit” after having been fired.
Not even a single juror voted to indict.
I man, they could have tried again with a different grand jury like they’ve done on a few other cases - ultimately losing those too
That drunken Fox News host forgot the law. Have another one, Jeanine!
“punishable by death, or watching my justice department trip and fall on their face. Your choice really…”
