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1/ Barr Told Prosecutors to Consider Sedition Charges for Protest Violence >> per nyti.ms/2FP0kjI By Katie Benner @ktbenner and Charlie Savage @charlie_savage >> ...
2/ ...Attorney Gen. William P. Barr was also said to have asked prosecutors to explore whether to bring charges against the mayor of Seattle for allowing a police-free protest zone >> per nyti.ms/2FP0kjI By Katie Benner @ktbenner and Charlie Savage @charlie_savage...
3/ ...The most extreme form of the federal sedition law >> per nyti.ms/2FP0kjI By Katie Benner @ktbenner and Charlie Savage @charlie_savage >> which is rarely invoked >> criminalizes conspiracies to overthrow the government of the United States...
4/ ... — an extraordinary situation that does not seem to fit the circumstances of the protests and unrest in places like Portland, Ore >> per nyti.ms/2FP0kjI By Katie Benner @ktbenner and Charlie Savage @charlie_savage >>...
5/ ... and elsewhere in response to police killings of Black men >> per nyti.ms/2FP0kjI By Katie Benner @ktbenner and Charlie Savage @charlie_savage >>...
6/ ...The wording of the federal sedition statute goes beyond actual revolutions >>>> per nyti.ms/2FP0kjI By Katie Benner @ktbenner and Charlie Savage @charlie_savage >>...
7/ ...It[federal sedition statute] says the crime can also occur anytime two or more people have conspired to use force to oppose federal authority >> per nyti.ms/2FP0kjI By Katie Benner @ktbenner and Charlie Savage @charlie_savage >>...
8/ ... [[federal sedition statute] says the crime can also occur anytime it] hinder the government’s ability to enforce any federal law or unlawfully seize any federal property >> per nyti.ms/2FP0kjI By Katie Benner @ktbenner and Charlie Savage @charlie_savage >>...
9/ ...[[federal sedition statute] says the crime can also occur anytime]elements that might conceivably fit a plot to > say >break into and set fire to a federal courthouse > per nyti.ms/2FP0kjI By Katie Benner @ktbenner and Charlie Savage @charlie_savage...
10/ ... >> Congress has stipulated that a conviction on a charge of seditious conspiracy can carry up to 20 years in prison.>> per nyti.ms/2FP0kjI By Katie Benner @ktbenner and Charlie Savage @charlie_savage >>

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