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.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/jury-reaches-verdict-oath-keepers-jan-6-seditious/story?id=93866832

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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 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.

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 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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Jury reaches verdict in Oath Keepers Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy trial

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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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.

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[spooky3]

1. Guilty of seditious conspiracy MSNBC

[GenXer47]

2. I didn't realize Rhodes has one eye

because he shot himself in the face with his own gun, accidentally.
What can I say?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kennah]

9. Imagine what he could accomplish if he put his mind to it

[Probatim]

39. Then again, that could have been the most he was able to accomplish.

[riversedge]

36. Geez. that would scare me AWAY from guns forever!!

[deurbano]

48. I just looked that up today, too!

[OneCrazyDiamond]

55. As an safety instructor.

That's how I recall it anyway.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

3. MSNBC just annouced that Rhodes is guilty of seditios conspiracy.

[DENVERPOPS]

23. Hey MCE

seditious conspiracy sounds very serious, any idea what kind of sentence these people will get for them all being complicit.....

[MarineCombatEngineer]

25. 20 years in a fed prison is the max, and I think the judge will impose the max. to send

a message to future traitors.

[Yonnie3]

4. Cheat sheet of verdicts (from Twitter)

Daniel Barnes
@dnlbrns
Associate Producer for @NBCNews
covering federal courts and the Justice Department

Link to tweet

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Wow

I like that "cheat sheet" just to keep them all straight!

[Yonnie3]

8. I thought it was worthy of a post

I had multiple twitter accounts of reporters that were live tweeting and saw this.

Daniel Barnes won the presentation with that one!

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Since they were tried as a group

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]

15. Spread sheets rule! n/t

[BumRushDaShow]

21. LOL

And I agree!!!!

[Gore1FL]

33. Thanks

Your post answered a bunch of questions I was just about to google!

[canetoad]

34. Thank you for posting this

All of them got a piece of the justice action, one way or another.

[LudwigPastorius]

42. Hey, it's Traitorous Losers Bingo!

[hibbing]

5. Let's do the "real" leader next! n/t

[AllaN01Bear]

6. hear. hear.

[mcar]

10. Meggs is from my neck of the woods

Red Florida. I'm so glad he was found guilty.

[Rhiannon12866]

11. Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC is reporting on this now

[BumRushDaShow]

28. Turning on Ari now

[Rhiannon12866]

29. He's reporting on this, too - no big surprise. The big news of the day!

[BumRushDaShow]

30. He has Michael Moore on at the moment talking about this

[Rhiannon12866]

32. Got it on, too!

[Hekate]

12. It bodes well

[ShazzieB]

31. It does indeed!

[RKP5637]

16. Hopefully, this kind of sh** is now being seen as serious. Some outfits operate collecting

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]

17. Rhodes and Meggs were the ringleaders

The guilty verdict was appropriate.

to DoJ.

[tonekat]

18. His execution would be welcome

Gallows on the Mall.

[vlyons]

19. Facts still matter in a court room before a jury

Thank you jurors!!!

[nycbos]

20. Nice cherry on top of the USA win.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. And some sprinkles too

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217419536

[reACTIONary]

24. Got that rat!!! nt

[NBachers]

26. Well, this puts an extra spring in my step!

[BumRushDaShow]

27. Don't break something while steppin'

[Pinback]

35. Outstanding. Elmer goes down!

https://seditiontracker.com/suspects/elmer-rhodes.html

[Prairie_Seagull]

37. The rule of law is the winner today.

Now lets see if those near or at the top of the food chain get their due.

[Major Nikon]

38. Need to keep and eye out for his sentencing

[JohnSJ]

40. and if the wackos ever get control of the WH, this anti-Democracy asshole will get pardoned.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

43. Hopefully that won't be for a while

[JohnSJ]

45. Hopefully, never again

[ratchiweenie]

41. This makes my day. Hope they all get the MAX!!

[LudwigPastorius]

44. If ever there was a one-eyed, traitor prick who deserved 20 years in a Supermax, it's Rhodes.

But, alas. I don't think he'll get that. ...maybe 15 in a regular federal pen.

[Hassler]

46. Enjoy the fine prison cuisine, traitor Elmer.

[Lucky Luciano]

47. 20 years in Florence, CO please. Thanks.

[tinrobot]

49. Well, we now officially have sedition.

Can we please move up the chain and get the Seditionist-in-Chief?

[Justice matters.]

51. AND his enablers (co-conspirators) Flynn, Stone, Meadows...

And the corrupt Lawyers who conspired with them.

[republianmushroom]

50. Bye, bye, dude enjoy.

[turbinetree]

52. Put these traitors in Florence, Colorado

Alcatraz of the Rockies – USP Florence ADMX

https://www.uncovercolorado.com/activities/alcatraz-of-the-rockies-usp-florence-admax/

[turbo_satan]

53. I hope they throw him in GP...

...and he has to sleep with that one eye open.

[Lucky Luciano]

54. I hope he goes to Florence supermax and sees nobody.

23 hours of solitary confinement per day for the duration.

[Imallin4Joe]

56. Recced

[LetMyPeopleVote]

57. Top DOJ officials--right up to AG Merrick Garland--celebrate the Oath Keepers verdict

Link to tweet

[Bengus81]

58. No GD bargaining on this--they both deserve and should get the MAX 20 years

[twodogsbarking]

59. The Red Ryder bb gun will shoot your eye out.

[The Grand Illuminist]

60. This is one of the perfect reasons why political affiliation, ideology, and party MUST be....

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.

[SunSeeker]

61. K & R