Pirro Not to Continue Case Against 6 Dems in Social Media Video: Sources
Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, has reportedly ended her investigation into six Democratic members of Congress who advised service members and intelligence officers to “refuse illegal…
Jeanine Pirro,the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, has reportedly ended her investigation into six Democratic members of Congress who advised service members and intelligence officers to “refuse illegal orders.”
NBC News broke the news on Monday, citing three people familiar with the case.
Earlier this month, a grand jury unanimously declined to indict Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Elissa Slotkin(D-Mich.), plus Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.), Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) and Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.).
In November, the six lawmakers, all either served in the military or in U.S. intelligence, released a video where they told people in those fields they have a legal obligation to refuse unlawful orders from superiors, per Mediaite.
In response, President Donald Trump said the six “should be in jail right now.”
“IT WAS SEDITION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AND SEDITION IS A MAJOR CRIME. THERE CAN BE NO OTHER INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THEY SAID!” he wrote after the video was released. He also said their actions might be “punishable by death.”