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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(134,252 posts) Wed Feb 18, 2026, 01:39 PM Yesterday

Jeanine Pirro 'Abruptly Instructed' Federal Prosecutors to Pursue Indictment Against 6 Democratic Lawmakers: NYT

Source: Mediaite

United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro shocked her own prosecutors when she instructed them to seek indictments of six lawmakers, according to a new report.

The New York Times published on Wednesday new details about Pirro’s failed attempt to indict multiple Democratic lawmakers who earned President Donald Trump’s ire with a video urging military members to not follow “illegal orders.”

Department of Justice prosecutors reportedly failed to secure an indictment of the lawmakers with a grand jury rejecting the idea they had done anything illegal. In the video, the lawmakers, all of whom served in the military or intelligence community, warned of “threats to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home.”

The lawmakers included in the video are: Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D- MI), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), and Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and Chris Deluzio (D- PA).

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/jeanine-pirro-abruptly-instructed-federal-171221753.html

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Jeanine Pirro 'Abruptly Instructed' Federal Prosecutors to Pursue Indictment Against 6 Democratic Lawmakers: NYT (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Yesterday OP

Take another sip Aviation Pro Yesterday #1

The staggering stupidity... GiqueCee Yesterday #2

It is simply pay back popsdenver Yesterday #3

L O O O O - Z E R n/t BaronChocula Yesterday #4

They follow their loyalty to Trump, not to their oath. ChicagoTeamster Yesterday #5

That's insulting... progressoid Yesterday #6

One of the best SNL characters ever. twodogsbarking Yesterday #7

Cescily Strong is amazing SunImp 22 hrs ago #12

Pirro.... MarcoZandrini Yesterday #8

Add one more thing to the list of laws we will pass if the public elects us Bluetus Yesterday #9

Drinky McWinebox. Whoever made that up, chef's kiss. jeffreyi Yesterday #10

So now its a crime to say "dont follow illegal orders" Playingmantis 23 hrs ago #11

Trump whore Skittles 22 hrs ago #13

We have found a witch! May we burn her? struggle4progress 22 hrs ago #14

This originated in the NYT today FakeNoose 21 hrs ago #15

Trump prosecutors were asked which law Democrats broke - and they couldn't name even one LetMyPeopleVote 8 hrs ago #16

Aviation Pro

(15,387 posts)

1. Take another sip

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 01:46 PM

Yesterday

You wino.

GiqueCee

(3,713 posts)

2. The staggering stupidity...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 02:24 PM

Yesterday

... that spews from this witless wino's gaping maw defies comprehension. It would have taken a third-grader less than a minute to find the passage from The Uniform Code of Military Justice that the six veterans in question quoted. But the effort required was apparently more than Pirro could muster. What a waste of skin.

popsdenver

(1,985 posts)

3. It is simply pay back

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 02:38 PM

Yesterday

by her for Trump appointing her to her position............almost epidemic in this administration..............

BaronChocula

(4,281 posts)

4. L O O O O - Z E R n/t

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Wed Feb 18, 2026, 02:51 PM

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ChicagoTeamster

(666 posts)

5. They follow their loyalty to Trump, not to their oath.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 02:52 PM

Yesterday

progressoid

(52,900 posts)

6. That's insulting...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 03:01 PM

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to box wine.

twodogsbarking

(18,145 posts)

7. One of the best SNL characters ever.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 03:15 PM

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SunImp

(2,669 posts)

12. Cescily Strong is amazing

Reply to twodogsbarking (Reply #7)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:46 PM

22 hrs ago

MarcoZandrini

(179 posts)

8. Pirro....

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 03:26 PM

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…..couldn’t get a ham sandwich indicted in Televiv.

Bluetus

(2,559 posts)

9. Add one more thing to the list of laws we will pass if the public elects us

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 04:08 PM

Yesterday

# 11 - There will mandatory breathalyzer tests before any orders from AG, US Attorneys, Secy of Defense, SCOTUS or President are considered official.

jeffreyi

(2,546 posts)

10. Drinky McWinebox. Whoever made that up, chef's kiss.

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Wed Feb 18, 2026, 05:14 PM

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Playingmantis

(580 posts)

11. So now its a crime to say "dont follow illegal orders"

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 08:21 PM

23 hrs ago

What a shit show this administration is.. That is what we were taught in Basic Training..but now doing illegal things like rioting and killing, as long as its for Trump, is a virtue!!

Skittles

(170,454 posts)

13. Trump whore

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Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:22 PM

22 hrs ago

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

struggle4progress

(125,810 posts)

14. We have found a witch! May we burn her?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 09:40 PM

22 hrs ago

FakeNoose

(40,983 posts)

15. This originated in the NYT today

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 10:12 PM

21 hrs ago

NYT is referenced in the Mediaite story in the OP link....

Archived link: https://archive.ph/oE1H7

And this little tidbit at the end of the story:

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LetMyPeopleVote

(177,533 posts)

16. Trump prosecutors were asked which law Democrats broke - and they couldn't name even one

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 11:12 AM

8 hrs ago

Normally an indictment has to list the statutes on which the charges are based

President Donald Trump's alleged vengeance campaign against his political enemies has thus far flopped as his at times under-qualified loyalists fail to secure indictments, and new reports are emerging about the latest fiasco.
— Raw Story (@rawstory.com) 2026-02-18T20:01:18.853Z

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-prosecution-democratic-lawmakers

President Donald Trump's alleged vengeance campaign against his political enemies has thus far flopped as his at times under-qualified loyalists fail to secure indictments, and new reports are emerging about the latest fiasco.

Federal prosecutors failed to persuade a single grand jury member that there was probable cause to indict six Democratic lawmakers who produced a video reminding military service members they were duty-bound to disobey unlawful orders, and The New Republic's Greg Sargent reported that even prosecutors weren't sure what law they might have broken.

"Here’s what happened: After the FBI communicated with the Democratic lawmakers, prosecutors in Pirro’s office reached out to them to follow up," Sargent wrote. "Slotkin’s attorney, Preet Bharara, directly asked prosecutors what statute the Democrats had allegedly violated to prompt the criminal inquiry, according to sources familiar with these discussions. The prosecutors could not name any statute, the sources told me."

“'What is the theory of criminal liability?' is the question that was posed to the prosecutors, one source said, adding that 'no answer was forthcoming.'"

Prosecutors went forward in their attempt to indict the members of Congress without naming any violated statute, and Sargent said that it still hasn't been definitively confirmed what statue they used in their ultimately doomed grand jury hearing.

"The failure to name a relevant statute when directly asked to do so by the lawyers for the accused suggests prosecutors didn’t think a criminal prosecution was warranted or doubted there was probable cause to think the Democrats had committed a crime," Sargent wrote. "In fact, one source familiar with these discussions tells me the prosecutors’ general tone in them suggested they were making the sort of inquiry that normally comes at the very outset of the investigative process."

One of the sources said that prosecutors – neither of whom had much prior experience – seemed to be at the "very preliminary" stage in their investigation when they presented their evidence to a grand jury, and Sargent said that's a worrisome sign.

"For the DOJ to seek an indictment so soon after conversations like those suggests something or other prompted the rush to indict, perhaps a word from on high that — let’s go way out on a limb here — had little to do with facts and law," he wrote. "Legal experts tell me it’s odd for prosecutors to fail to state any theory of criminal liability and then attempt an indictment anyway so quickly."

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