U.S. Rep. Maggie Goodlander says a grand jury has reportedly rejected an attempt by federal prosecutors to indict her and five other Democratic lawmakers for their role in a video urging members of the military to reject illegal orders.
Goodlander, a former U.S. Naval Reserve intelligence officer, was one of six members of Congress with military or intelligence backgrounds who participated in the video released last November.
It immediately drew the ire of President Trump, who called them traitors and suggested they should receive the death penalty for their role in the video.
The video was posted amid heightened tensions with the president deploying National Guard troops in some U.S. cities, as well as military strikes against international drug cartels.
Goodlander, a Democrat, is in her first term representing New Hampshire’s 2nd District. She says the remarks in the video are consistent with protecting and defending the Constitution.
“President Trump directed the Justice Department to investigate me, arrest me, and hang me simply for doing my job,” Goodlander said in a statement Tuesday. “Today, an American grand jury honored our Constitution by standing up to an outrageous abuse of presidential power and taxpayer dollars. No matter the threats, I will keep doing my job and upholding my oath to our Constitution.”
Goodlander said in late 2025 that federal investigators contacted her office not long after the video was posted seeking information in connection with it. Another Democrat in the video, Sen. Mark Kelly, a retired Navy pilot and astronaut, was threatened with a loss of rank and retirement pay.
