Jury convicts Oath Keepers leader, 1 other of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 trial
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Source: ABC News
A jury on Tuesday convicted Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and associate Kelly Meggs of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol while also convicting three others of various crimes in the insurrection -- but jurors acquitted the five defendants of other charges brought against them by the federal government.
The jury reached its determination on the third day of deliberations following a trial in federal court in Washington that spanned nearly two months. Along with Rhodes and Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Thomas Caldwell and Jessica Watkins all fellow Oath Keeper members and associates were on trial on various charges, including and beyond seditious conspiracy.
Rhodes and the other defendants were charged with disrupting the peaceful transfer of power by conspiring to oppose by force the certification of President Joe Biden's electoral college victory on Jan. 6, 2021, among multiple other felonies. Rhodes and Meggs were found guilty of seditious conspiracy, the first such convictions by a jury since 1995. They could each face a maximum of 20 years in prison for that charge alone.
Caldwell, Harrelson and Watkins were found not guilty of seditious conspiracy. The rarely-used seditious conspiracy statute was signed into law following the Civil War with the aim of prosecuting Southerners who may still want to fight against the government.
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Along with Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Thomas Caldwell and Jessica Watkins - all fellow Oath Keeper members and associates - were also on trial on various charges, including and beyond seditious conspiracy.
Rhodes and Meggs were found guilty of seditious conspiracy -- the first such convictions by a jury since 1995. They could each face a maximum of 20 years in prison for that charge alone. Caldwell, Harrelson and Watkins were found not guilty of seditious conspiracy.
The rarely-used seditious conspiracy statute was signed into law following the Civil War with the aim of prosecuting Southerners who may still want to fight against the government.
Along with Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Thomas Caldwell and Jessica Watkins - all fellow Oath Keeper members and associates - were also on trial on various charges, including and beyond seditious conspiracy.
Rhodes and Meggs were found guilty of seditious conspiracy. Caldwell, Harrelson and Watkins were found not guilty of seditious conspiracy.
Jurors reached their determination on the third day of deliberations following a trial in federal court in Washington that spanned weeks.
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The jury has reached a verdict in the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and his four associates charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Along with Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Thomas Caldwell and Jessica Watkins - all fellow Oath Keeper members and associates - were also on trial.
The jury reached its determination on its third day of deliberation following a trial that spanned weeks.
The Oath Keepers had discussed the possibility of "civil war" and violent revolution in the months after the November 2020 election. Using a massive cache of phone records, messages and recordings as evidence, prosecutors had attempted to tie their far-right political beliefs with a desire to forcibly oppose the certification of President Joe Biden's election victory.
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spooky3
(34,458 posts)GenXer47
(1,204 posts)because he shot himself in the face with his own gun, accidentally.
What can I say?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Kennah
(14,273 posts)Probatim
(2,529 posts)riversedge
(70,242 posts)deurbano
(2,895 posts)OneCrazyDiamond
(2,032 posts)That's how I recall it anyway.
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,395 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,835 posts)seditious conspiracy sounds very serious, any idea what kind of sentence these people will get for them all being complicit.....
MarineCombatEngineer
(12,395 posts)a message to future traitors.
Yonnie3
(17,444 posts)Daniel Barnes
@dnlbrns
Associate Producer for @NBCNews
covering federal courts and the Justice Department
Link to tweet
BumRushDaShow
(129,087 posts)I like that "cheat sheet" just to keep them all straight!
Yonnie3
(17,444 posts)I had multiple twitter accounts of reporters that were live tweeting and saw this.
Daniel Barnes won the presentation with that one!
BumRushDaShow
(129,087 posts)but all of them didn't have the identical set of charges, that seemed to be the best way to sort them out quickly!
Yonnie3
(17,444 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,087 posts)And I agree!!!!
Your post answered a bunch of questions I was just about to google!
canetoad
(17,168 posts)All of them got a piece of the justice action, one way or another.
LudwigPastorius
(9,155 posts)hibbing
(10,098 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,252 posts)Response to hibbing (Reply #5)
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mcar
(42,334 posts)Red Florida. I'm so glad he was found guilty.
Rhiannon12866
(205,467 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,087 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,467 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,087 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,467 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)ShazzieB
(16,420 posts)RKP5637
(67,111 posts)believers but sometimes I think they are just seen as some benign rogue group. Far too often IMO domestic terrorism gets a free hand. There are extremely evil groups operating in the US, just as dangerous IMO as a foreign terrorist.
Deminpenn
(15,286 posts)The guilty verdict was appropriate.
to DoJ.
tonekat
(1,815 posts)Gallows on the Mall.
vlyons
(10,252 posts)Thank you jurors!!!
nycbos
(6,034 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,087 posts)reACTIONary
(5,770 posts)NBachers
(17,119 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,087 posts)Pinback
(12,157 posts)Prairie_Seagull
(3,326 posts)Now lets see if those near or at the top of the food chain get their due.
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)JohnSJ
(92,217 posts)Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,026 posts)JohnSJ
(92,217 posts)ratchiweenie
(7,754 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,155 posts)But, alas. I don't think he'll get that. ...maybe 15 in a regular federal pen.
Hassler
(3,379 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)tinrobot
(10,903 posts)Can we please move up the chain and get the Seditionist-in-Chief?
Justice matters.
(6,933 posts)And the corrupt Lawyers who conspired with them.
republianmushroom
(13,614 posts)turbinetree
(24,703 posts)Alcatraz of the Rockies USP Florence ADMX
https://www.uncovercolorado.com/activities/alcatraz-of-the-rockies-usp-florence-admax/
turbo_satan
(372 posts)...and he has to sleep with that one eye open.
Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)23 hours of solitary confinement per day for the duration.
Imallin4Joe
(758 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,313 posts)Bengus81
(6,931 posts)twodogsbarking
(9,759 posts)The Grand Illuminist
(1,334 posts)a protected class. If it were so, he would face 20 years minimum instead of maximum as it would legally be a hate crime. And his targets would have the right to litigate for private security compensation and damages. If it does not get added soon, it will get much worse than better.