Trump’s attempt to indict Democrats for video to troops an ‘alarm for democracy’
Mark Kelly speaks out after grand jury declines to indict six lawmakers over video urging troops to resist illegal ordersArizona senator Mark Kelly warned that the Trump administration’s failed attempt to secure an indictment against him and five other Democratic lawmakers for a video urging...
<p>Mark Kelly speaks out after grand jury declines to indict six lawmakers over video urging troops to resist illegal orders</p><p>Arizona senator Mark Kelly warned that the Trump administration’s failed attempt to secure an indictment against him and five other Democratic lawmakers for a video urging service members to resist unlawful orders was a “master alarm flashing for our democracy”.</p><p>On Tuesday, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/10/grand-jury-declines-to-indict-democrats-video">a grand jury in Washington DC declined to indict the six members </a>of Congress who posted a video last year reminding members of the military and intelligence community that they “can refuse illegal orders” – a message that Donald Trump said amounted to “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”</p><p><em><a href="mailto:dani.anguiano@guardian.co.uk">Dani Anguiano</a> contributed to this story</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/feb/11/trump-democrats-illegal-orders-indictment">Continue reading...</a>
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