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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Good!

 

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes guilty of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy 


 "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."

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“The jury’s verdict on seditious conspiracy confirms that January 6, 2021, was not just ‘legitimate political discourse’ or a peaceful protest that got out of hand. This was a planned, organized, violent assault on the lawful authority of the U.S. government and the peaceful transfer of power,” said Randall D. Eliason, a former federal prosecutor who teaches law at George Washington University.

6 comments:

Dave Miller said...

A "political prisoner", jailed, jailed, charged, tried and convicted, by a jury of his peers, even if they were insurrectionists.

And to this day, the MAGA group defends Mr. Rhodes as a free speecher, guilty of nothing more than opposing the "deep state."

It's poppy cock. Rhodes and the majority of people who entered the Capitol building on Jan 6, beat the Capitol Police, defaced the building and offices, threatened to kill the Vice President and Speaker and acted in concert to steal a US election and subvert the Constitution of the US.

Guilty of sedition conspiracy.

They should get the maximum sentence. Because they and their supporters are traitors to our country, our laws and the Constitution.

Mike said...

Couldn't happen to a nicer guy. 😆

Les Carpenter said...

And the guy ultimately responsible, donald j. trump, walks free.. Free to run again. Free to continue fomenting deep and destructive divisions. Free to work for the destruction of our democratic republic to advance his own personal political ambitions.

Dave Miller said...

Here's the relevant law, codified in 18 U.S.C. § 2384, we're talking about...

"If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both."

So tell me oh patriots of the Mothership, farmland, rural America and supporters of President Trump, was the jury rigged? Wrong? Part of the "Deep State"?

And was the jury also wrong when they voted these clowns not guilty on some of the charges?

These defendants had their day in court and were found to be guilty of sedition against the US Government, guilty of defying the US Constitution.

Sadly Shaw, there will be many who will continue to believe their acts were not against the law, were not all that bad, that these folks were illegally imprisoned and that the real violence on Jan 6 was perpetrated by ANTIFA, BLM, the FBI and a bunch of LARPers.

Now that the Oath Keepers have been shown to be nothing more than domestic terrorists, let's hope the Proud Boys are next.

Dave Miller said...

Let's remember that on the 2022 anniversary of the Jan 6 insurrection, Trump promoter Steve Bannon decried the moves against the protestors saying...

"this is the largest criminal investigation in the history of the FBI, the largest criminal investigation. . . . I’m talking about the largest criminal investigation. They’ve had big-time investigations before. This is larger than that. They brag about it. I just want to repeat, nobody’s been charged with insurrection. One year after. Nobody’s been charged with sedition."

Now less than a year after that statement, not only have ppl been charged with sedition, they've been convicted.

As President Biden might say... this is a big f'ing deal!

Shaw Kenawe said...

Dave

"...the real violence on Jan 6 was perpetrated by ANTIFA, BLM, the FBI and a bunch of LARPers."

Do people who believe the above ever question why Trump -- the then POTUS -- didn't call in law enforcement to arrest them? And did they ever question why Trump told security to "let his people in" after security told him they were armed? "His people?" Surely "his people" are NOT BLM and Antifa!

Of course not. The folks on the Mother Ship were fed a narrative that syncs with their prejudices (BLM, ANTIFA) and their inability to understand that the man they worship is essentially a malignant narcissist incapable of allegiance to anyone or anything except himself. The delude themselves when they keep repeating that Trump loves America.

They will all go to their graves believing the Big Lie and understanding nothing.