The verdict against Joseph Hackett of Sarasota, Florida; Roberto Minuta of Prosper, Texas; David Moerschel of Punta Gorda, Florida; and Edward Vallejo of Phoenix, comes weeks after after a different jury convicted the group’s leader, Stewart Rhodes, in the mob’s attack that halted the certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
It’s another major victory for the Justice Department, which is also trying to secure sedition convictions against the former leader of the Proud Boys and four associates. The trial against Enrique Tarrio and his lieutenants opened earlier this month in Washington and is expected to last several weeks.They are some of the most serious cases brought so far in the sweeping Jan. 6 investigation, which continues to grow two years after the riot.
Defense attorneys sought to downplay violent messages as mere bluster and said the Oath Keepers came to Washington to provide security at events before the riot. They seized on prosecutors’ lack of evidence that the Oath Keepers had an explicit plan to storm the Capitol before Jan. 6 and told jurors that the extremists who attacked the Capitol acted spontaneously like thousands of other rioters.
Alright, when do the Democrats that denied the elections of 2016 go on trial?
Who has been charged with insurrection for Jan 6?
Some bad justice in DC. Banana republic
The wheels of justice keep turning - we need to cleanse our population and institutions of the right-wing nationalists and extremists that seek to silence and oppress people's freedoms. GOPBetrayedAmerica
Imagine going to prison for a politician
The word militia is now synonymous with DomesticTerrorists/DomesticTerrorism. Congress needs to STRICTLY regulate what exactly a militia is in the USA. HouseGOP HouseDemocrats SenateGOP SenateDems
FAFO!
How many FBI agents were on the ground plotting entry into the building? That needs answering.
Good news. This violent, brutal act to try to overturn a valid, legal and democratic election is a front against the Constitution and our republic. They all need to go to jail and receive punishment. January6thInsurrection
All of these guys are citizens and they all point toward those whom directed them to the planned event. I am glad that justice is being served but every day that the Conspiracy leaders at the top remain free it is proving unequal law and a slap in the face of every US citizen.
Donate more $$, MAGAts. Suckas
Life in prison.
This news makes me grateful and happy.
Such BS and should appeal. Rhodes is also innocent. You can't get a fair trial anywhere near DC.
Great news!!
Four TRAITORS to their country... Fixed
Let’s hope they get long prison sentences & maybe that will deter the right wing election deniers in the future
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