Jeanine Pirro, the longtime Trump ally and U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., reportedly abruptly told prosecutors to bring an indictment against six Democratic lawmakers over their involvement in a video reminding troops of their rights to refuse illegal orders.
The directive, reported by The New York Times, was part of an unusual process that clouded the failed case. As recently as mid-January, according to the paper, prosecutors in contact with lawyers for the lawmakers described the investigation in its early stages and did not state what law the representatives were accused of breaking.
