Grand jury declines to indict Democrats asking troops to refuse illegal orders

Key Highlights

• Trump was outraged by the clip, and described it “seditious behavior by traitors” that was “punishable by death”. Pete Hegseth, the defense secretary, formally censured Kelly, a retired Nasa astronaut and decorated navy captain, over the incident and attempted to reduce his rank and pension.
• Kelly filed a lawsuit against Hegseth last month arguing the video he and other Democrats made was protected free speech, and that the secretary had undertaken an “unconstitutional crusade” against him. In response to news of the failed indictment, Kelly described it as an “outrageous abuse of power by Donald Trump and his lackies”. Congressmen name six wealthy men ‘likely incriminated’ in Epstein filesRead more“It wasn’t enough for Pete Hegseth to censure me and threaten to demote me, now it appears they tried to have me charged with a crime – all because of something I said that they didn’t like,” Kelly said.
• “That’s not the way things work in America.
• Donald Trump wants every American to be too scared to speak out against him.
• The most patriotic thing any of us can do is not back down.”Slotkin said in a statement on Tuesday that the video “simply quoted the law” and Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney, attempted to persuade a grand jury to indict her at the direction of Trump.“Today, it was a grand jury of anonymous American citizens who upheld the rule of law and determined this case should not proceed,” Slotkin said, describing it as “another sad day for our country”.