Re: Insurrection?
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2023 12:45 pm
Four Oath Keepers were recently convicted of "Seditious Conspiracy". Is that close enough? There is a Proud Boys trial currently going on involving the same charge. Yes, the Washington DC district attorneys are going faster with the little fish, the DoJ much slower with the actual conspirators. Some of it is Trump's delay tactics, appealing every little step of the way. Both the DoJ and the courts are getting a little tired of this.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/four-oat ... tol-breach
https://www.npr.org/2023/01/17/11495820 ... cy-charges
I also vaguely recall that a few politicians were forbidden from holding office under the Fourteenth Amendment. That holds that if you took part in an insurrection, you could not hold office. As I recall it, these were small fry who actually entered the capitol. They pled guilty of things like assaulting officers, criminal trespass and stealing stuff. This was good enough for the judge to declare them insurrectionists by 14th Amendment standards. Would such be common for those on your list?
See the following.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/news/ ... amendment/