Pirro hit with bar complaint over bid to indict Democrats in illegal orders video
A legal watchdog has filed a bar complaint against U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro, arguing she violated various standards in seeking to bring charges against six Democratic lawmakers who filmed a video noting that military members can refuse illegal orders. The complaint from the Legal Accountability Center asks the New York court system’s Grievance...
The Legal Accountability Center has filed bar complaints against U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro and two of her subordinates, Carlton Davis and Steven Vandervelden, for allegedly violating their ethical duties in seeking to charge six Democratic lawmakers with federal crimes. The complaints, filed in New York and Virginia, claim that Pirro and her subordinates abused their prosecutorial powers to seek "meritless" indictments against the Democrats, who appeared in a video urging troops to resist unlawful orders.
The accusations come after a grand jury in Washington refused to indict Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin and four House Democrats for urging U.S. service members to follow established military protocols and reject orders they believe to be unlawful.
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