Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, Jessica Watkins, Kenneth Harrelson and Thomas Caldwell aren’t charged with conspiring to overthrow the government or levy war. government or bring war against it, or that they plotted to use force to oppose the authority of the government or to block the execution of a law. In order to win a seditious conspiracy case, prosecutors have to prove that two or more people conspired to “overthrow, put down or to destroy by force” the U.S. The law was enacted after the Civil War to arrest Southerners who might keep fighting the U.S.
Here’s a look at the charge of seditious conspiracy and its history: What is seditious conspiracy?
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Jury selection started on Tuesday for the trial that is expected to last several weeks. Rhodes has said there was no plan to attack the Capitol and the members who went inside went rogue. The Oath Keepers, for their part, have said their preparations, training, gear and weapons were to protect themselves against potential attacks from left-wing antifa activists, or to be ready if Trump invoked the Insurrection Act to call up a militia to support his bid to stay in power. 6 when Oath Keepers were captured on camera shouldering their way through the mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters and storming the Capitol in military-style stack formation. The plot came to a head, prosecutors say, on Jan. READ MORE: Sedition trial begins for Oath Keepers leader Rhodes, a Texan, recruited members to come to Washington, amassed weapons and organized armed teams to be on standby outside the city in case they were needed, authorities say. Prosecutors say Rhodes and his far-right extremist group spent weeks preparing to use violence to stop Biden from becoming president. The stakes are high for the Justice Department, which hasn’t tried a seditious conspiracy case in a decade and hasn’t won a guilty verdict since the 1995 prosecution of Islamic militants who plotted to bomb New York City landmarks. 6 defendants to stand trial on such a charge for what prosecutors say was not a suddenly ignited riot but a coordinated plot to stop the transfer of presidential power. Stewart Rhodes and his followers are the first Jan. WASHINGTON (AP) - The founder of the Oath Keepers and four associates are on trial in the Capitol attack on charges that include seditious conspiracy - a rarely used Civil War-era accusation that strikes to the heart of what prosecutors say happened that day.
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