After weeks of threatening and saying things like “SEDITION,” Jeanine Pirro’s office has finally stopped trying to charge six Democratic lawmakers — a big U-turn that came after a federal grand jury said no to the charges.
NBC News says Pirro, who was picked by Donald Trump to be the U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., has decided not to go forward with charges against Senators Elissa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, and Representatives Maggie Goodlander, Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, and Chrissy Houlahan.
The reason? They posted a video reminding people in the military and intelligence community that they have to refuse illegal orders.
That’s not crazy — it’s actually what the law says.
Still, Trump called the lawmakers “traitors” and said they were guilty of “SEDITION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL,” even suggesting their actions might deserve the death penalty.
Pirro’s office then tried to take the case to a grand jury.
But the grand jury didn’t agree.
Two weeks ago, the jurors in Washington unanimously said there wasn’t enough evidence to move forward — they didn’t even meet the basic standard of probable cause. In simple terms, there was no case.
Now, Pirro’s office has given up on the case in Washington.
While prosecutors could technically try to take the case to another district, there’s no sign they’re doing that.
This is especially notable because of the timing.
Just before this failed push, Pirro made over a dozen posts supporting Trump. One even said cases were being brought “under the directive of @POTUS.” At the same time, Trump publicly pushed law enforcement to take action against political opponents.
Legal experts called the effort to charge the lawmakers unprecedented — it was an attempt to use the Justice Department against members of Congress for speech that’s protected by the Constitution.
Former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said prosecutors couldn’t even explain which law was broken.
After the grand jury said no, continuing the case would have been a major abuse of power.
So Pirro backed down.
For now, the case is dead in Washington — not because people finally made sense, but because a grand jury refused to go along.
And that “no” was one of the strongest rebukes yet against the politicization of Trump’s Justice Department.
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