DOJ raises stakes with rarely used sedition charges for Oath Keepers

The Hill ^ | 01/16/22 06:00 AM EST | BY REBECCA BEITSCH AND HARPER NEIDIG

[jcon40]

When the seditious accuse others of what they’ve probably done.

[j.havenfarm]

I don’t think it’s so much a matter of that. The agreed upon set of lies, also k own as the narrative, can scarcely be built on the foundation of a boatload of people charged with trespassing and unlawfully remaining in a public building. They needed to charge someone with seditious conspiracy or insurrection as the basis for the next year of their BS

[mass55th]

“the gravity of the charges”

Rush Limbaugh used to say: "It's Not the Nature of the Evidence; It's the Seriousness of the Charge."

[lurk]

This isn’t about trial by jury. This is about draining the finances of defendants.

[TheDon]

Not when the entire on power structure is on your side.

The coup must be completed with the 2022 election. They can’t afford to lose control of Congress.

[PGR88]

Who are the Oath Keepers? An organization of Law Enforcement and Military people who claimed to defend the Constitution - above the government or politicians of the day

This fits very neatly into efforts of the last 15 years, especially under Obama/Holder, to FEDERALIZE and POLITICIZE all local law enforcement.

The deep state and America’s KGB-DOJ can’t have any government employees anywhere, who are not completely loyal to the DC centric state-security organs, now can they?

[gundog]

“The seriousness of the charge mandates that we investigate this." --Thomas Foley (D, WA)

I think he was referring to midnight flight of GHW Bush to Paris to talk Iran into holding onto our hostages A failed October surprise.

[centermass_socrates]

Experts told The Hill the challenge of winning seditious conspiracy cases is more about perception than meeting the legal requirements of the statute.

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In other words, it doesn't matter whether the defendants are guilty so long as DOJ makes the news at 11:00. That's sure sounds like malicious prosecution to me.> The perception of the public is why they didn't let any of the press anywhere near Mt carmal or Ruby Ridge during those stand off's. They didn't want the public seeing them machine gunning Davideons on the opposite side of the compound as they tried to escape the inferno. F the DOJ.

[unlearner]

I hope when Trump is president again a new AG worthy of the office will arrange reasonable compensation as a settlement for the numerous civil rights violations against Jan 6 protestors. Each unlawfully detained and imprisoned should get millions.

[BiglyCommentary]

“It’s ​​significant because they are so rarely used, and that reflects the gravity of the charges and the difficulties of proving it in court,”

That wicked scumbag Mueller charged all those Russian intelligence officers knowing they would never appear in court. The charges were a PR STUNT.

[Rowdyone]

I hope those charged have the means to fight this in court. The discovery process could be very interesting.

[midwest_hiker]

Then by this logic, any member of a party that purposes a style of government is guilty of sedition.
Any member of a socialist, communist, maxi, etc.

[linMcHlp]

Possibility of Sedition charge was in the news by January 13, 2021.

[Herakles]

Time to starve this evil 😈 empire!

[MrKatykelly]

Maybe we’ll learn a little more about just how much surveillance of private citizens is really going on. How far into the Orwellian nightmare are we?

[daku]

I’m no legal scholar but this looks like overreach.
If this is seditious conspiracy then how did s this more severe from the Russian collusion hoax and the phone impeachment’s during the Trump administration ?

[Pete Dovgan]

Democracy is not present in the United States.
We are a Constitutional Republic.

When elections are tampered with and bragged about. When the media controlled, and outright bribed by BBB. When justice is unevenly applied against political groups. Wherein the government uses ALL of its weight and the peoples money to protect itself and give a false narrative we are NOT a Constitutional Republic. The Term Democracy is used by the Government employees and Democrats to define its new vision of Fascism.

They are basically telling you we are no longer a Constitutional Republic. It’s a government of the government, for the government, by the government that no longer identifies as a Constitutional Republic.

[GMThrust]

There it is. With all the clamoring about nobody being charged with insurrection during an “insurrection”, this guy will be charged. They’ll then use that to say 45 masterminded the “insurrection”, and the committee will bar him from running. Sick evil people.

[Lurker]

Rarely used?

How about never.

L

[Flick Lives]

Experts told The Hill the challenge of winning seditious conspiracy cases is more about perception than meeting the legal requirements of the statute.

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The whole thing is orchestrated by the FBI / DOJ for maximal impact on the midterm elections. It’s a pathetic attempt to smear republicans.

It won’t work.