Jury convicts Oath Keepers of seditious conspiracy, obstructing official proceedings & other crimes

[Rhiannon12866]

A federal jury in Washington, DC, has convicted the head of the Oath Keepers, Elmer Stewart Rhodes, and four other defendants of multiple federal felonies for their attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. The two leaders of the Oath Keepers, Rhodes and Kelly Meggs, were convicted of a rarely used criminal charge - seditious conspiracy.

This video discusses why these guilty verdicts are so important as federal prosecutors prepare to try future seditious conspiracy cases against additional members of the Oath Keepers, members of the Proud Boys and others. - Glenn Kirschner - 11/29/2022.

[Warpy]

1. I'm delighted by this verdict

"We're patriots!"

"The hell you are!"

I think their co conspirators are getting a little panicky right now. If the sentences are long ones (and they need to be), I think we'll see a lot more cooperation, at least from their sidekicks.

I just wish cops would stop thinking of these goons and scumbags as "friendlies."

[Rhiannon12866]

2. Same here! And I'm desperately hoping that it's only the beginning!

That TFG and his endless list of crimes - federal and state - receive the same results.

[Warpy]

5. I don't care if he goes to prison

as long as he's humiliated, isolated, and nearly broke (which means under $10 million, something that will keep the wolf at the door for a jackass like him). So far, the first two are beginning to happen. The last will happen as he keeps paying a pack of lawyers to keep him out of jug.

Justice doesn't always involve prison. If he's totally ruined as anyone's center of attention, I'll be satisfied.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

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

Link to tweet

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Thanks so much for adding this, it's quite a victory!

Things just may be looking up!