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It's Raining Sedition Charges! 4 More Convicted! Yaaas! [1]

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Date: 2023-01-23

You know... that charge that is REALLY HARD to secure!

Hey everyone!

Happy Monday to you!

And if it has not been happy so far, your luck is about to change, my friend!

I will let WAPO do the talking:

wapo.st/…

(the above is a gift article in case you don't subscribe to the Post)

Four members of the far-right Oath Keepers group were convicted of seditious conspiracy Monday, joining founder Stewart Rhodes in being found guilty by a jury of plotting to keep President Donald Trump in power by force. Seditious conspiracy charges are rarely used and even more rarely successful. At Rhodes’s trial only he and Florida Oath Keepers leader Kelly Meggs were found guilty of the crime, while three associates were convicted of less politically-loaded charges. Joseph Hackett, 52, ; Roberto Minuta, 38; David Moerschel, 45 and Edward Vallejo, 64, were described by federal prosecutors as armed and dangerous traitors, and by their attorneys as hapless has-beens who stumbled into chaos.

Of all the law breakers that day who are actually charged with something (and there are almost a thousand of them) — only 14 are charged with seditious conspiracy. We all (here at Kos) know how hard that charge is to prove.

6 convictions so far is a great start. There are 5 others (Proud Boys) currently on trial for this charge (and other charges). So that makes 11. I am not sure (off the top of my head) who the other 3 are.

This is absolutely fantastic news! I am relieved. I really hope all these charges might be a deterrent for future wannabe election “overturners.”

I will add more details as they become available.

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[1] Url: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/1/23/2148846/-It-s-Raining-Great-News-Today-MORE-Oath-Keepers-Convicted-Of-Seditious-Conspiracy

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