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Sen. Elissa Slotkin
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in D.C. failed to convince a grand jury Tuesday to indict Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin and five other Democratic lawmakers who made a video late last year reminding active-duty military members and the intelligence community that they were obligated to ignore illegal orders, the New York Times reports.
The Times writes:
It was remarkable that the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington — led by Jeanine Pirro, a longtime ally of Mr. Trump’s — authorized prosecutors to go into a grand jury and ask for an indictment of the six members of Congress, all of whom had served in the military or the nation’s spy agencies.
But it was even more remarkable that a group of ordinary citizens sitting on the grand jury in Federal District Court in Washington rejected the effort, sending a signal that they did not believe that the lawmakers had committed any crimes.
Besides Slotkin, a former CIA intelligence analyst and Department of Defense official, the other targets included Sen. Mark Kelly, a former astronaut and U.S. Navy captain; House members Jason Crow, a former Army Ranger; Maggie Goodlander, a former Navy reservist; Chrissy Houlahan, a former Air Force officer; and Chris Deluzio, a Navy veteran.
In a posting on X, Slotkin commented:
Today, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro attempted to persuade a Grand Jury to indict me. This was in response to me organizing a 90-second video that simply quoted the law. Pirro did this at the direction of President Trump, who said repeatedly that I should be investigated, arrested, and hanged for sedition.
Today, it was a grand jury of anonymous American citizens who upheld the rule of law and determined this case should not proceed. Hopefully, this ends this politicized investigation for good.
But today wasn’t just an embarrassing day for the Administration. It was another sad day for our country.
