Jeanine Pirro's office shelves pursuit of Democrats over social video, sources say
NBC News • • general
Key Points:
- Jeanine Pirro's office has ceased pursuing charges against six Democratic lawmakers who urged military and intelligence personnel not to comply with unlawful orders, following a federal grand jury's unanimous rejection of the indictment attempt due to lack of probable cause.
- The six lawmakers, all with military or intelligence backgrounds, faced accusations after a social media video, but legal experts and Democrats criticized the prosecution as a political attack on free speech and an erosion of Justice Department norms.
- Despite President Donald Trump's public condemnation of the lawmakers as traitors and suggestions of severe punishment, the grand jury found no evidence of criminal conduct, emphasizing that military personnel must only obey lawful orders.
- Pirro, a Trump appointee and former Fox News host, showed public support for Trump around
