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No Indicment For Dems Who Advised Troops To Refuse 'Illegal Orders'

A grand jury declined to indict Slotkin over a video advising service members to refuse unlawful orders.

No Indicment For Dems Who Advised Troops To Refuse 'Illegal Orders'
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A federal grand jury declined to indict six Democratic lawmakers over a video reminding service members to refuse unlawful orders. The article presents the decision as a setback for the Trump administration’s effort to prosecute them and characterizes the case as politically retaliatory.

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Elissa Slotkin D · MI · SEN
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This story reports what happened without casting Slotkin in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Slotkin’s record.

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Elissa Slotkin
D · MI · SEN

Senator targeted in the attempted prosecution over the lawmakers’ video

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Mark Kelly
D · AZ · SEN

Senator targeted in the attempted prosecution over the lawmakers’ video

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Jason Crow
D · CO-6

Representative targeted in the attempted prosecution over the lawmakers’ video

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Representative targeted in the attempted prosecution over the lawmakers’ video

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President accused in the article of driving the prosecution effort

Representative targeted in the attempted prosecution over the lawmakers’ video

Representative targeted in the attempted prosecution over the lawmakers’ video

ALSO MENTIONED  James Comey, Former FBI director cited as a target of an earlier prosecution; Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney described as publicly criticizing the lawmakers; Letitia James, New York attorney general cited as a target of earlier prosecutions; Lindsey Halligan, Former U.S. attorney whose appointment is cited in discussion of other prosecutions

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Grand Jury Declines to Indict Democrats Over Military Orders Video

A federal grand jury declined to indict six Democratic lawmakers over a video urging service members to refuse illegal orders. Slotkin was among the lawmakers tied to the attempted indictment. Left-leaning outlets frame the effort as political retaliation and an abuse of power, emphasizing the lawmakers’ defense of constitutional principles. Center outlets focus on the failed effort as a setback for the administration and on criticism of the prosecution, including a senator’s condemnation of political lawfare. Right-leaning outlets report Slotkin’s claims that the effort was politically motivated or directed by Trump, while one article also challenges the video’s message.

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