Judge Jeanine strikes out.....again

“Judge” Jeanine Pirro, Trump’s appointed US Attorney for the District of Columbia, who proved that you can’t indict a (thrown) ham sandwich, has done it again. After Pete Hegseth demanded that Senator (and veteran) Mark Kelly and five others be indicted for publicly stating that members of the military did not need to carry out illegal orders, she brought a case to the DC Grand Jury and…..

Grand Jury Rebuffs Justice Dept. Attempt to Indict 6 Democrats in Congress

Federal prosecutors in Washington sought and failed on Tuesday to secure an indictment against six Democratic lawmakers who posted a video this fall that enraged President Trump by reminding active-duty members of the military and intelligence community that they were obligated to refuse illegal orders, four people familiar with the matter said.

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.

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