{"id":518387,"date":"2022-11-30T01:29:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-29T22:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/oath-keepers-leader-found-guilty-of-seditious-conspiracy\/"},"modified":"2022-11-30T01:29:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T22:29:03","slug":"oath-keepers-leader-found-guilty-of-seditious-conspiracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/oath-keepers-leader-found-guilty-of-seditious-conspiracy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Oath Keepers leader found guilty of seditious conspiracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3672c71c92a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3672c71c92a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/oath-keepers-leader-found-guilty-of-seditious-conspiracy\/#Oath_Keepers_leader_found_guilty_of_seditious_conspiracy\" >Oath Keepers leader found guilty of seditious conspiracy<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Oath_Keepers_leader_found_guilty_of_seditious_conspiracy\"><\/span>Oath Keepers leader found guilty of seditious conspiracy<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/rhodesstewart_062517ap-susan-walsh_seditious.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, was found guilty Tuesday of seditious conspiracy over his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, a win for the Justice Department as it pursues the little-used charge for members of multiple extremist groups who contributed to the chaos at the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Florida chapter leader Kelly Meggs was also found guilty of seditious conspiracy, while all five defendants on trial were found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The trial brings the most significant verdict yet in a Justice Department investigation that has led to charges for more than 700 individuals, but many of its most high-profile cases, including other members of extremist groups, have yet to reach their conclusions.<\/p>\n<p>Seditious conspiracy carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison and hasn\u2019t been used successfully since a 1990s terrorism case.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The verdict is especially significant in the case of Rhodes, a Yale-educated lawyer who never entered the Capitol that day but instead communicated with other Oath Keepers as they forced their way into the building and through the halls of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>While Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins and Thomas Caldwell were found not guilty on seditious conspiracy charges, each was found guilty on multiple other felonies that also carry up to 20 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>All four who faced charges of tampering with evidence \u2014 a group that excluded Harrelson \u2014 were found guilty.<\/p>\n<p>The five were among nearly a dozen Oath Keepers charged with seditious conspiracy, with four more facing trial in December.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Members of the right-wing Proud Boys are also due in court on seditious conspiracy charges next month, including the group\u2019s leader, Enrique Tarrio, who, like Rhodes, never entered the Capitol and was not present in Washington that day.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday\u2019s verdict c<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ed a trial that stretched nearly two months, as well as three days of jury deliberations.<\/p>\n<p>The government called more than two dozen witnesses in the case, including law enforcement officials and two Oath Keepers members who pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Much of the case centered on a painstaking review of different text messages and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> communications among members of the group, with prosecutors repeatedly pointing to the \u201cwe\u201d language used to solidify the coordination necessary for the seditious conspiracy charge, which requires \u201ctwo or more people.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey concocted a plan for an armed rebellion to shatter a bedrock of American democracy,\u201d Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Nestler told jurors at the start of the trial.<\/p>\n<p>The history-making verdict comes after the government said the Oath Keepers had bucked a 200-year-old democratic tradition and \u201cbanded together to do whatever was necessary, up to and including the use of force\u201d to prevent the peaceful transition of power from former President Trump\u2019s administration to President Biden\u2019s.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The government\u2019s case showed Oath Keepers members undergoing training for the Capitol that day, displaying messages from Watkins that she needed her crew to be \u201cfighting fit.\u201d They also showed video of the group using a military \u201cstack formation\u201d to enter the Capitol, playing footage and displaying messages of them bragging about making it into the building and tangoing with police.<\/p>\n<p>For Rhodes specifically, the government detailed increasingly grave rhetoric following the 2020 election, calling on supporters to take matters into their own hands, offering lessons learned from other civil wars he had studied.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not getting through this without a civil war. Prepare your mind, body and spirit,\u201d he said in the days after the 2020 vote.<\/p>\n<p>Lawyers for Rhodes and the others had argued the group did little to follow up on its threats. They pointed to how the group left its stock of guns, ammo and 30 days of supplies behind in Virginia, where it used a hotel to stage a \u201cquick reaction force,\u201d something they contend was common practice for the group at events.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters outside the courthouse Tuesday, an attorney for Rhodes said he would likely appeal the verdict.<\/p>\n<p><em>Updated at 6:19 p.m.<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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