Jury convicts Oath Keepers leader, 1 other of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 trial [View all]

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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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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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