Pirro’s office drops case against six Democratic lawmakers over ‘seditious’ video: Report

Washington, D.C., U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s office has reportedly stopped pursuing a criminal case against six Democratic lawmakers who participated in a controversial social media video last year, sources told NBC News Monday.The decision comes after the Justice Department suffered a setback earlier this month by failing to secure a federal grand jury indictment against the video’s participants. The 90-second video featured six prominent Democratic lawmakers who were either veterans or past members of the Intelligence Community.
Pirro’s office has not publicly confirmed that it stopped pursuing the case, but it comes after Michigan Democratic Sen. Elissa Slotkin’s attorney sent a letter to the Justice Department, asking if it had concluded its probe into the video, which reminded members of the military they could ignore “illegal” orders.
The group warned current military and federal officials not to follow orders from the administration that were “illegal” but did not identify any specific orders they found that qualified as such. 
Other lawmakers in the video included Arizona Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly and Reps. Jason Crow of Colorado, Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania.
Although Pirro failed to secure an indictment to bring charges in Washington, D.C., federal prosecutors could still try to pursue the case in other federal courts. 

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