Chrissy Houlahan

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A grand jury declined on February 10, 2026 to indict six Democratic lawmakers the DOJ sought to prosecute over a November 2025 video urging military and intelligence community members not to comply with unlawful orders. The video featured Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin and Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, and Chrissy Houlahan. Trump had called the lawmakers traitors engaged in sedition at the highest level. Legal experts cited the Speech or Debate Clause and First Amendment as bars to prosecution.

Senator Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Representative Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania announced on February 6, 2026 that they would not cooperate with a Department of Justice investigation into a video they helped produce warning military personnel that they may legally refuse unlawful orders. The video, which also featured Senator Mark Kelly, Rep. Jason Crow, and others, stated: "Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders." Slotkin said she was refusing to "legitimize" what she characterized as political intimidation, while Houlahan said the video stated protected First Amendment speech.

House Democratic leaders said Trump had issued death threats against named Democratic members and demanded that he delete the posts and recant the rhetoric. This is one of the clearest political-violence records in the period and directly matches your requested scope.