(DC Pundit) – A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., has officially declined to indict the “Seditious Six” — six Democrat lawmakers who publicly encouraged members of the U.S. military to defy President Donald Trump’s orders.
Yes, sitting members of Congress told America’s armed forces they could ignore the Commander-in-Chief. And Washington shrugged.
Back in November, Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), along with Democrat Reps. Maggie Goodlander (NH), Jason Crow (CO), Chris Deluzio (PA), and Chrissy Houlahan (PA), released a viral video urging service members to resist presidential authority. Without offering any specifics, they repeatedly declared, “You can refuse illegal orders,” and “You must refuse illegal orders.”
BREAKING: Elected Democrats just released a video encouraging members of the military to commit treason and DEFY orders from Trump and Hegseth pic.twitter.com/Sm4calnccR
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 18, 2025
CBS News confirmed the outcome this week, reporting: “A federal grand jury on Tuesday refused to indict six congressional Democrats who drew President Trump’s ire last year by taping a video telling members of the military that they must reject ‘illegal orders,’ according to three sources familiar with the matter, including one within the Justice Department.”
Rep. Jason Crow didn’t exactly take the near-indictment quietly. After the grand jury decision, he exploded, saying:
“If these fuckers think that they’re going to intimidate us and threaten and bully me in the silence, and they’re going to go after political opponents and get us to back down, they have another thing coming. The tide is turning.”
He continued:
“Everyone should be appalled by the fact that Donald Trump and his goons at Department of Justice are weaponizing the justice system just to try to silence dissent and to crush political opponents.”
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Interesting choice of words from someone whose party has spent years cheering lawfare, investigations, and indictments aimed squarely at Trump and his supporters.
Last month Secretary of War Pete Hegseth censured Democrat Senator Mark Kelly and cut his military retirement pay over his ‘seditious’ video urging service members to defy President Trump’s orders.
The takeaway from the grand jury decision is painfully familiar. There’s one set of rules for Democrats and another for everyone else. Encouraging troops to resist the president? Apparently forgivable. Supporting Trump? That’s when the system suddenly finds its spine.
Welcome to modern justice, D.C.-style.
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