Seditious conspiracy charges show DOJ is ‘methodically working its way up the chain of command’: legal experts

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A major bombshell from Attorney General Merrick Garland and the U.S. Department of Justice came on Thursday, January 13 when Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol Building. Harvard University law professor Laurence H. Tribe and former federal prosecutor Dennis Aftergut analyze this indictment in an op-ed published by NBC News’ website a few days later, laying out some reasons why it is a very big deal.

“The monumental lead count of the 17-count indictment alleges that (Rhodes) and his co-defendants, along with unnamed others, were part of a ‘seditious conspiracy,’” Tribe explains. “That crime is, in effect, treason’s sibling.”

The legal experts continue, “Under 18 USC §2384, seditious conspiracy is an attempt ‘to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or…. by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States.’ It is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.”

The indictment on January 13 came only two days after the Boston Globe published a Tribe/Aftergut op-ed in which they expressed skepticism about Garland’s willingness to vigorously prosecute those he described as the “January 6 perpetrators.”

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