You may recall that Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Sen. Mark Kelly and four Democratic representatives were targeted by Donald Trump for making a video advising servicemembers they have a duty not to obey illegal orders. Felon Trump was so triggered by it, he accused the six of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”
Despite acting U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s attempts to charge the six with seditious conspiracy for urging people to follow the law, the only punishment likely to be imposed is one on Trump’s DOJ when the Democrats sue.
Carol Leonnig, senior investigative reporter for MS Now, talked with host Chris Hayes about Pirro’s grand fail.
“I’ve got to say, the number of times now that the Justice Department has sought to bring charges against people Donald Trump has targeted personally for criminal prosecution and failed is really growing,” Leonnig said. “The grand jury says that government did not even meet the low bar, a very low bar to bring charges.”
Leonnig called it “wholly unprecedented” that a prosecutor would open an investigation and go before a grand jury within a few weeks in order to try to indict six members of Congress just because Felonious Trump had a temper tantrum over their video.
