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. And while the indictment was rejected by the grand jury, it is also an extraordinary escalation of the Justice Department’s willingness to prosecute who speak about against President Donald Trump and his administration’s actions. As CNN previously reported, a grand jury previously declined to bring an indictment against Letitia James, the New York attorney general who defeated Trump and his company in court. “Today an American grand jury honored our Constitution by standing up to an outrageous abuse of presidential power and taxpayer dollars. And Houlahan similarly celebrated the grand jury, saying on X, “This is good news for the Constitution and the free speech protections it guarantees.

Source: CNN February 11, 2026 15:37 UTC