WASHINGTON (AP) —A grand jury has reportedly delivered another major rebuke to the Trump administration’s efforts to target the president’s political opponents.

On Tuesday, a grand jury declined to indict Democratic lawmakers who had made a video urging active duty troops to “refuse illegal orders,” according to multiple reports.

The failed indictment, which was sought by federal prosecutors at the Justice Department, was the latest example of a grand jury declining to back charges the administration had pursued against those who’d provoked President Donald Trump’s ire. In December, a grand jury also declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge tossed a prior case against her.

The lawmakers released the video last November to remind military members that they could “refuse illegal orders.” Since the video’s release, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Penn.), Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-Penn.), Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) and Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) have been the subject of Trump’s verbal and online attacks.

At one point, Trump described the lawmakers’ actions as “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has also targeted Kelly by opening a Defense Department investigation into him and threatening to demote his military rank.

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