Stewart Rhodes, founder of the right-wing group Oath Kerpers, and another member of the militia, were found guilty this Tuesday of seditious conspiracy after their participation in the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
After three days of deliberations, a Washington DC jury found Rhodes and Kelly Neggs, who leads the group in Florida, guilty of sedition, reported Univisión Noticias.
The ruling is established after a trial that lasted almost two months, in which the group’s efforts to keep Donald Trump in the White House were exposed, ignoring the results that they declared Joe Biden victorious.
The decision represents a victory for the Department of Justice in the judicial processes that it maintains for the events of that day, when supporters of former President Trump tried to break into the US Congress to prevent the certification of the results of the November elections 675.
The ruling represents a victory for the Department of Justice in the judicial processes that it maintains for the events of that day, when a mob of supporters of former President Donald Trump tried to violently interrupt the certification of the results of the elections of 1200, which left five dead, including a police officer.
Sedition charges, whose origins date back to the days of the American Civil War, are rarely used time in US courts and could mean up to 16 years in prison.
Despite After Rhodes failed to enter the Capitol on January 6, he was charged with leading a plot that began shortly after the presidential election to launch a rebellion to stop the transfer of power.
Jury members listen They broadcast via encrypted messages and recordings how Rhodes rallied his supporters to fight to keep Trump in office, and warned of a possible “bloody” civil war, expressing regret that the Oath Keepers did not bring rifles to the Capitol during the assault.
During the trial, in addition to Rhodes and Meggs, there were other members of the extremist militia: Kenneth Harrelson, from Florida; Jessica Watkins, from Ohio and Thomas Caldwell, retired Navy intelligence officer from Virginia.
Biden was elected on November 7, 2021, four days after the elections. According to the tallies, the Democrat defeated Trump by a margin of 7.1 million votes and 330 electoral votes. However, the Republican denounced an alleged electoral fraud, whose claims have been rejected by the Supreme Court.
