Oath Keepers Members Found Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy in Jan. 6 Riot
Oath Keepers Members Found Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy in Jan. 6 Riot
The rarely charged crime carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison
By Jan WolfeFollow and C. Ryan BarberFollow
Updated Jan. 23, 2023 4:47 pm ETPRINTTEXT
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A jury on Monday found four Oath Keepers members guilty of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, handing down the latest criminal convictions against the far-right group.
The verdict from a Washington, D.C., federal jury came nearly two months after Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and another member of the militia group, Kelly Meggs, were found guilty of seditious conspiracy, a rarely used charge with a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison. In that earlier trial, three other members of the Oath Keepers were found guilty of lesser charges.
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