00:02A case that could have put six Democratic lawmakers in legal jeopardy is now effectively dead in Washington.
00:09NBC News was first to report that U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro's office has stopped pursuing charges
00:16against six Democratic members of Congress over a social media video.
00:20In that video, the lawmakers, all with military or intelligence backgrounds, urged service members to refuse unlawful orders.
00:29Pirro's office had sought to indict them under a federal statute related to insubordination.
00:34But earlier this month, a federal grand jury in Washington unanimously rejected the attempt, an unusual setback for prosecutors.
00:42President Trump had called the lawmakers' actions sedition at the highest level in a truth social post and suggested their
00:49conduct could be punishable by death.
00:52Legal experts and Democrats criticized the investigation as a political attack on protected speech.
00:57The lawmakers have said they will not be intimidated.
01:01While another federal district could theoretically revisit the case, there are no public indications that will happen.
01:07Pirro's office declined to comment.
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