The Oath Keepers' first sedition trial began this week. The max punishment is 20 years in jail. There will be a second one, and a sedition trial for several Proud Boys members, later this year.
But the Oath Keepers are the first to stand trial on seditious conspiracy, a rare Civil War-era charge that carries up to 20 years behind bars. The trial is expected to last several weeks.
The attorney for the right-wing anti-government Oath Keepers group currently facing conspiracy and obstruction charges in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has been deemed mentally incompetent ...
Militia members are on trial for sedition; their attorneys call it persecution. In the weeks before Jan. 6, several members of a far-right militia group discussed the possibility of violence ...
The attorney for former Oath Keepers general counsel Kellye SoRelle said Thursday he plans to contest a finding by the Bureau of Prisons that she is now competent to stand trial on charges ...
Stewart Rhodes, founder and president of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford on April 20, 2013. Rhodes has been arrested and charged with seditious ...
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The four were also convicted of conspiracy stemming from an insurrection at the Capitol in failed effort to keep Trump in office Four people associated with the far-right Oath Keepers militia were ...
After seven weeks of testimony, the seditious conspiracy trial for Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four other defendants is in the hands of the jury. They're charged with plotting to use ...
A tweet from former President Donald Trump is displayed as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to reveal its findings of a year-long investigation, ...
News Wrap: Senate votes to block Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan In our news wrap Thursday, the Senate voted to rescind President Biden's plan to cancel federal student loan debts for 43 ...
Researchers say the shape and style of extremist groups have shifted in the Buckeye State since the last presidential ...