Opening arguments to begin in sedition trial of Oath Keepers leader, rioters over Jan. 6

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

After three days of jury selection, opening arguments are set to begin next week in the trial of Stewart Rhodes, the head of the Oath Keepers militia group, which helped lead the violent efforts to enter the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

Also on trial are four other Jan. 6 rioters linked to Rhodes and the Oath Keepers, all of whom face trial on charges that include seditious conspiracy, a serious and politically controversial charge rarely used by federal prosecutors.

During the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, prosecutors allege that at least three of the Oath Keepers who are on trial participated in what now has become a notorious military-style "stack" formation that confronted police officers guarding the Capitol and ultimately succeeded in gaining the defendants entry into the building.

Court documents filed by prosecutors say that as part of their conspiracy, Rhodes and his co-conspirators "repeatedly made statements that demonstrated an agreement to oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power [from outgoing President Donald Trump to newly elected Joe Biden] by force."

https://www.yahoo.com/news/opening-arguments-to-begin-in-sedition-trial-of-oath-keepers-leader-members-over-jan-6-090057504.html

[Javaman]

1. rhodes is a sociopath. I hope he goes away for years and years. nt

[Hermit-The-Prog]

2. These deserve to be tried on seditious conspiracy.

I think some of the others did, too, but prosecutors have been conservative in the charges. (Not the recently warped political definition of "conservative", but rather the historical definition of the word).