A Washington, D.C., jury found four members of the far-right militia group Oath Keepers guilty of seditious conspiracy on Monday over a plot to stop the transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021, AP reports.
is committed when two or more people in the U.S. conspire to overthrow, destroy, seize the property of or levy war against the U.S. government, or to prevent the execution of any U.S. law.Prosecutors alleged the Oath Keepers members, led by Rhodes, planned and attempted to violently oppose the transfer of power after President Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
Several members were charged with seditious conspiracy over their actions in the lead-up to and day of the deadly Capitol riot. The group of defendants were tried in two separate trials because of space limitations in the D.C. federal courthouse.found Roberto Minuta, Joseph Hackett, David Moerschel and Edward Vallejo guilty of seditious conspiracy and other riot-related felonies.
The men face a maximum of 20 years in prison for the seditious conspiracy convictions alone, though they were also found guilty of several other charges stemming from the riot, including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, according toRhodes and another member, Kelly Meggs, were found guilty of seditious conspiracy and other felonies in aThree other Oath Keepers were found not guilty of seditious conspiracy but guilty of multiple other felonies.
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