only 5 years for a coup???

[GenXer47]

https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/3677079-proud-boys-leader-pleads-guilty-to-seditious-conspiracy/

I'm sorry but treason used to carry the death penalty. How do we get from that, to a mere 5 years???
Life sentence, without parole!

[MLAA]

1. Sounds like first to flip gets the prize

[TheRealNorth]

5. If the info we got is good and can be used to get the ringleaders...

I am okay with this.

[MLAA]

13. Me 2

[FakeNoose]

2. I think he got a plea deal for flipping

Still, 5 years does sound light. Unless he gave up something on Chump.

[rsdsharp]

3. They haven't been charged with treason,

but death is a possible penalty if convicted of treason:

shall suffer death, or shall be imprisoned not less than five years and fined under this title but not less than $10,000.

115 USC §2381.

[empedocles]

4. He appeared before the House Committee, and was indicted in March,

- so those intervals suggest cooperation. The 5 years, in that light, suggest important cooperation?

[CharleyDog]

6. probably "plead guilty to avoid 20 years, get 5 years, your "choice"

I think he saw it wasn't going so good for Stuart Rhodes. Or not, we don't know.

[Turbineguy]

7. These people were flim-flammed by trump

Let trump serve 20 years in the pokey.

[AZSkiffyGeek]

8. Love to see the brave souls complaining about it ONLY being 5 years try doing that time

I'm SURE that it'd be just as easy as they seem to think it is. Then it's probably REAL easy to find a job, get voting rights back, get credit....

Man it's practically a VACATION!

[Jack the Greater]

10. Seems they let all kinds in here.

[Jack the Greater]

9. The US Constitution is very clear and concise on what exactly constitutes "treason"

"Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court." ~Article III, Section 3, Clause 1

Now you know.

[brooklynite]

11. Insurrection IS NOT Treason

One is internal; one is external.

[Fiendish Thingy]

12. Inaccurate on so many levels

1- nobody has been charged with treason, because their actions don’t meet the definition of treason as defined in the Constitution ;
2- the PB in the story plead guilty and is cooperating with DOJ, providing evidence against the other PB’s (there is also an OK who has flipped as well). This will help put the other militia ringleaders away for decades. In addition, the OK flipper appears to be providing evidence linking the OKers to Roger Stone and Trump’s inner circle.

All in all, a job well done by DOJ.

[MLAA]

14. +1

[jmowreader]

15. It's five years...

...plus another ten on the Illegal Possession of Firearms charges he also pled guilty to.

Rhodes is already on trial for seditious conspiracy. Tarrio will be on trial for it soon. The government knows those are the key guys - the ones who need the full twenty - and I am confident they'll get it. After that, the only big fishes left to go for are Trump Bund officials.

Let's not bullshit ourselves: The guy we want is Trump. I think we'll get him on the insurrection, the illegal document stash, and a few other things that'll put him away until fifty years after he dies.