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”.
They could… But you can get 1 out of 20 random people to tell you that the Earth is flat. They couldn’t even get one random person to say this was worth bringing to trial.
I’m just saying that they have tried exactly that before for their bullshit charges. Like the sandwich guy. Before finally giving up after the third attempt