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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
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<blockquote data-quote="728ups" data-source="post: 5459785" data-attributes="member: 33372"><p>And the Winner of the Eff Around and Find out Prize today is ............................drum roll.....................Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes!!!</p><p></p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oath-keepers-founder-stewart-rhodes-guilty-of-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy/ar-AA14I58B[/URL]</p><p>A federal jury on Tuesday convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes of seditious conspiracy for leading a months-long plot to unleash political violence to prevent the inauguration of President Biden, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.</p><p>The panel of seven men and five women deliberated for three days before finding Rhodes and a co-defendant guilty of conspiring to oppose by force the lawful transition of presidential power. Rhodes and all four co-defendants on trial were also convicted of obstructing Congress as it met to confirm the results of the 2020 election. Both offenses are punishable by up to 20 years in prison.</p><p></p><p>Rhodes, in a dark suit and black eye-patch from an old gun accident, watched impassively as verdicts were read for the defendants facing a 13-count indictment.</p><p></p><p>The indictment brought against <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/03/oath-keepers-trial-stewart-rhodes-faq/" target="_blank">Rhodes, 56, and other Oath Keepers associates</a> in January was the first time the U.S. government leveled the<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/stewart-rhodes-arrested-jan-6/2022/01/13/558ecc42-7414-11ec-8b0a-bcfab800c430_story.html" target="_blank"> historically rare charge of seditious conspiracy</a> in the massive Jan. 6 investigation. He is the <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/rhodes-oath-keepers-capitol-riot/2021/09/16/a6a872c0-10b6-11ec-a511-cb913c7e5ba0_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_5" target="_blank">highest-profile figure</a> to face trial in connection with rioting by angry Trump supporters who injured scores of officers and ransacked offices, forcing the evacuation of lawmakers.</p><p></p><p>Rhodes and followers, dressed in combat-style gear, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/03/oath-keepers-trial-openings-rhodes/" target="_blank">converged on the Capitol after staging an “arsenal” of weapons at nearby hotels</a>, ready to take up arms at Rhodes’s direction, the government charged. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/04/rhodes-testifies-oathkeepers-trial/" target="_blank">Rhodes’s defense</a> said he and co-defendants came to Washington as bodyguards and peacekeepers, bringing firearms only in case Trump met their demand to mobilize private militia to stop Biden from becoming president.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="728ups, post: 5459785, member: 33372"] And the Winner of the Eff Around and Find out Prize today is ............................drum roll.....................Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes!!! [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/oath-keepers-founder-stewart-rhodes-guilty-of-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy/ar-AA14I58B[/URL] A federal jury on Tuesday convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes of seditious conspiracy for leading a months-long plot to unleash political violence to prevent the inauguration of President Biden, culminating in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol. The panel of seven men and five women deliberated for three days before finding Rhodes and a co-defendant guilty of conspiring to oppose by force the lawful transition of presidential power. Rhodes and all four co-defendants on trial were also convicted of obstructing Congress as it met to confirm the results of the 2020 election. Both offenses are punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Rhodes, in a dark suit and black eye-patch from an old gun accident, watched impassively as verdicts were read for the defendants facing a 13-count indictment. The indictment brought against [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/03/oath-keepers-trial-stewart-rhodes-faq/']Rhodes, 56, and other Oath Keepers associates[/URL] in January was the first time the U.S. government leveled the[URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/stewart-rhodes-arrested-jan-6/2022/01/13/558ecc42-7414-11ec-8b0a-bcfab800c430_story.html'] historically rare charge of seditious conspiracy[/URL] in the massive Jan. 6 investigation. He is the [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/rhodes-oath-keepers-capitol-riot/2021/09/16/a6a872c0-10b6-11ec-a511-cb913c7e5ba0_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_5']highest-profile figure[/URL] to face trial in connection with rioting by angry Trump supporters who injured scores of officers and ransacked offices, forcing the evacuation of lawmakers. Rhodes and followers, dressed in combat-style gear, [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/10/03/oath-keepers-trial-openings-rhodes/']converged on the Capitol after staging an “arsenal” of weapons at nearby hotels[/URL], ready to take up arms at Rhodes’s direction, the government charged. [URL='https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/11/04/rhodes-testifies-oathkeepers-trial/']Rhodes’s defense[/URL] said he and co-defendants came to Washington as bodyguards and peacekeepers, bringing firearms only in case Trump met their demand to mobilize private militia to stop Biden from becoming president. [/QUOTE]
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