Democratic lawmakers targeted by the Justice Department over a video they made informing servicemembers of their obligation to reject illegal orders were leaving their options open Wednesday to pursue their own legal action to head off any further attempts at prosecution by the Trump administration.
An attorney for Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., sent a letter Wednesday to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro demanding her office retain all documents connected with the attempted indictment — a type of letter that’s often a prelude to a lawsuit.
Crow’s letter follows a similar one last week from an attorney for Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., who affirmed that she’s still considering a lawsuit and that she sent another letter to the Justice Department on Wednesday morning asking whether the department is dropping the issue after failing to indict her.
