The Oath Keeper sedition trial starts today

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The seditious conspiracy trial of Oath Keeper Elmer Stewart Rhodes and co-defendants Thomas Caldwell, Kenneth Harrelson, Kelly Meggs, and Jessica Watkins starts today in Washington, D.C.
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The Oath Keeper sedition trial starts today
The seditious conspiracy trial of Oath Keeper ringleader Elmer Stewart Rhodes, and four of his Oath Keeper brethren begins with jury selection in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Of all the charges...
3:48 AM · Sep 27, 2022

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The seditious conspiracy trial of Oath Keeper ringleader Elmer Stewart Rhodes, and four of his Oath Keeper brethren begins with jury selection in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday. Of all the charges brought in the Justice Department’s expansive criminal investigation into the Jan. 6 attack at the U.S. Capitol, these are the most serious.

Rhodes, a resident of Granbury, Texas, will face jurors alongside co-defendants Thomas Caldwell, Kenneth Harrelson, Kelly Meggs, and Jessica Watkins. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, an appointee of former President Barack Obama, will preside.

The trial will stretch roughly five weeks as prosecutors make their case against the former leader of the extremist group and work to convince jurors that Rhodes, Caldwell, Harrelson, Meggs, and Watkins conspired to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021 by force.

For the charge of seditious conspiracy, Rhodes and his co-defendants could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted.

Rhodes is not accused of entering the Capitol on Jan. 6. Instead, prosecutors say the former Army paratrooper was on restricted ground as he oversaw a weaponized plot to stop President Joe Biden from taking office.

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[Botany]

1. Fuck 'em they are just the same as Musssolini's black shirts

[SheltieLover]

2. Kicking for visibility

[crickets]

3. This ought to be interesting. nt

[MerryBlooms]

4. r&k