NEW: #OathKeepers leader Stewart Rhodes found guilty of seditious conspiracy.
Kelly Meggs, too.
Also convicted of obstructing an official proceeding, as were OathKeepers:
Kenneth Harrelson
Jessica Watkins
Thomas Caldwell
Report: reuters.com/legal/us-jury-…
Kelly Meggs, too.
Also convicted of obstructing an official proceeding, as were OathKeepers:
Kenneth Harrelson
Jessica Watkins
Thomas Caldwell
Report: reuters.com/legal/us-jury-…
Remember this #Jan6 video by @rstevensbrody?
I do.
It sent a chill down my spine.
It motivated so many to get involved in painstaking crowdsourced efforts to identify the #OathKeepers down to the last detail of their movements during the siege.
I do.
It sent a chill down my spine.
It motivated so many to get involved in painstaking crowdsourced efforts to identify the #OathKeepers down to the last detail of their movements during the siege.
For *weeks* after #Jan6 much of what public knew about #OathKeepers during #Jan6 was the fruit of volunteer sleuthing...
The work of a handful of visual investigations teams like the @nytimes...
And and some tenacious local & nat'l reporters.
The work of a handful of visual investigations teams like the @nytimes...
And and some tenacious local & nat'l reporters.
Let the #OathKeepers sedition convictions be a reminder.
It is a danger sign when civilians dress up like soldiers headed for battle & start showing up heavily armed to demonstrations.¹
¹Yes, Oath Keepers who rolled up to the Capitol stashed an arsenal just across the river.
It is a danger sign when civilians dress up like soldiers headed for battle & start showing up heavily armed to demonstrations.¹
¹Yes, Oath Keepers who rolled up to the Capitol stashed an arsenal just across the river.
Convictions are great.
But it pains me that so many Americans believe some flavor of a denialist narrative about the #Jan6thInsurrection.
Even convictions for sedition probably won't convince many that an effort to interfere with the election by force actually happened.
But it pains me that so many Americans believe some flavor of a denialist narrative about the #Jan6thInsurrection.
Even convictions for sedition probably won't convince many that an effort to interfere with the election by force actually happened.
It's not over.
The stolen election lie infests our politics.
And the damage continues to be done to our democracy.
I'm worried.
The stolen election lie infests our politics.
And the damage continues to be done to our democracy.
I'm worried.
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