Goodlander says DOJ tried and failed to indict her
Goodlander said the Justice Department tried but failed to indict her over a video urging service members to resist illegal orders.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYWMUR is an established local television newsroom, and this short report attributes information to Goodlander and an Associated Press source. The article also notes that the Justice Department and U.S. attorney’s office had not responded, though it offers limited independent detail about the investigation.
- Source type — Established local-news broadcaster with a regional reporting operation.
- Source selection — Attributes the grand-jury information to an AP source and quotes Goodlander directly.
- Author attribution — A named reporter is credited.
- Source diversity — The article notes that DOJ and the U.S. attorney’s office did not respond, leaving their perspective unavailable.
The report identifies its sources for the grand-jury outcome and includes Goodlander’s account and the agencies’ lack of response. It provides little detail about the basis or course of the investigation, so readers cannot assess the competing accounts or the evidence.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The report presents Goodlander’s account and an attributed confirmation of the grand-jury outcome, but provides no Justice Department or U.S. attorney’s office response and little context about the inquiry.
- Source diversity — Goodlander is quoted and the grand-jury outcome is attributed to an AP source; the government agencies did not respond.
- Counterarguments presented — No government account or counterargument is included.
- Omitted context — The article gives little detail about the investigation’s evidence or rationale.
The article uses straightforward news language and attributes the serious claims to Goodlander. It includes the agencies’ lack of response but does not provide further independent context that would establish a discernible political framing.
- Language tone — Mostly neutral, with charged phrases presented as direct quotations from Goodlander.
- Source selection — Quotes Goodlander and attributes the grand-jury information to an AP source; no agency response was available.
- Framing — The headline and report focus on the failed indictment without overtly endorsing either side’s account.
Rep. Maggie Goodlander said the Justice Department tried but failed to indict her over a video urging service members to resist illegal orders. She accused President Trump of directing the investigation; a source confirmed to the Associated Press that a grand jury declined to indict her and other lawmakers.
Goodlander told WMUR that the Justice Department tried but failed to indict her in connection with a video she and five other Democratic lawmakers, all military veterans, released last fall urging active-duty service members to resist illegal orders. A source confirmed to the Associated Press that a grand jury declined to indict them. Goodlander said the video urged service members to defend the Constitution and follow the law.
In a statement, Goodlander accused President Trump of directing the Justice Department to investigate and arrest her, and called the grand jury’s decision a stand against an abuse of presidential power. She also said she had refused to sit for a Justice Department interview as part of its review. The U.S. attorney’s office and Justice Department did not immediately respond to the Associated Press’s requests for comment.
Community verdict
VOTING CLOSEDNo good or bad look here
This story reports what happened without casting Goodlander in a good or bad light, so readers don’t rate it and it doesn’t count toward Goodlander’s record.
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SWIPE →New Hampshire representative whose participation in a video prompted a Justice Department review and grand-jury proceeding
President accused by Goodlander of directing the Justice Department’s actions against her
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