A federal grand jury on Tuesday declined to indict Democratic lawmakers who posted a video urging service members and intelligence officials to disobey any illegal orders from the Trump administration, according to two people familiar with the matter.

The declination is a rebuke of the administration’s efforts to paint the six lawmakers — all of whom served in either the military or intelligence services — as dangerously undermining the president’s authority as commander in chief.

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    It’s rare for grand juries to decline to approve charges sought by prosecutors, but such rejections have occurred more frequently in recent months as the administration has pursued legally dubious cases.

    Yes. In other words, The Trump Administration is using bullying tactics in a court of law and lying, but the world can see that. And as such, the rare phenomenon of grand juries to decline indictments becomes…

    commonplace.

    The morons couldn’t even get sandwich guy.

    (EDIT: grammar)