Judging From These Verdicts, Stewart Rhodes' Seditious Conspiracy Did Not Involve Attacking the Capitol

 Oath Keepers founder convicted of seditious conspiracy

• The first time that a jury has convicted participants in the January 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol of that crime, which is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.
• Stewart Rhodes was acquitted of conspiring to obstruct the congressional certification of Biden’s victory on January 6 and conspiring to prevent members of Congress from discharging their official duties by completing that process.

Counting the three defendants who pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy, five people were involved.

• Yet Harrelson, Watkins, and Caldwell were acquitted of that charge even though they participated in much of the talking and planning that was allegedly at the heart of the conspiracy.

Conspiracy theories aside, the riot was not the product of an organized conspiracy

• The Oath Keepers accounted for a tiny share of the rioters, most of whom do seem to have acted "more or less spontaneously."
• Their tough talk and grandiose plans ultimately amounted to little more than a sideshow in a much broader spasm of vandalism and violence that was itself utterly futile.

https://reason.com/2022/12/01/judging-from-these-verdicts-stewart-rhodes-seditious-conspiracy-did-not-involve-attacking-the-capitol/