"The Department of Justice needed yes votes from 12 grand jurors on a panel of 16-23 members in order to indict six Democratic members of Congress in connection with a video in which the lawmakers urged troops to refuse illegal orders. They reportedly got none. According to a report from Ryan J. Reilly of NBC News, not one of the empaneled grand jury members bought the DOJ's arguments in the case against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ),"
"It's exceedingly rare for a federal grand jury to reject prosecutors' attempts to secure an indictment, since the process is stacked in the government's favor, Reilly wrote. He added, Just 12 grand jurors need to agree that the government had probable cause to indict, a threshold much lower than the unanimous beyond a reasonable doubt standard that a petit jury needs to convict."
"The case was brought by the U.S. Attorney's office in Washington, led by Jeanine Pirro. Her office's failed effort to indict the lawmakers is the latest example of the Justice Department falling short in an effort to prosecute political rivals of President Donald Trump. A judge threw out the case against former FBI Director James Comey in late November, while a grand jury declined to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James in December after the initial case her was tossed as well."
The Department of Justice required 12 affirmative grand juror votes from a panel of 16–23 members to indict six Democratic members of Congress over a video urging troops to refuse illegal orders, and received none. The six lawmakers named in the matter include Sen. Mark Kelly, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Rep. Jason Crow, Rep. Maggie Hassan Goodlander, Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, and Rep. Chris Deluzio. The case was led by the U.S. Attorney's Office in Washington under Jeanine Pirro. Federal grand juries rarely reject prosecutorial requests, and past related efforts to prosecute political figures have recently failed or been dismissed.
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