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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    18 hours ago

    It’s sad that I was worried how this would go.

    I almost feel relief, but after all the bastids from Bondi to Patel to Vance are gone… Well I’ll still feel anxious AF, but I will be less anxious