There was stiff internal resistance to using the sedition charge against the Oath Keepers, CNN has reported, with Attorney General Merrick Garland finally being persuaded to sign off on it after ...

By Zach Montague WASHINGTON — Four members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia were found ... and it came as a parallel sedition trial for members of the Proud Boys — another far-right ...

This time, however, prosecutors face a new challenge – convincing a jury that lower-level members of the Oath Keepers and associates were in on the alleged sedition plot and not just swept up in ...

Last January, the two were found guilty of conspiring to commit sedition against the United ... "I regret ever joining the Oath Keepers." In this Jan. 23, 2023, file photo, Joseph Hackett of ...

By Zach Montague Reporting from Washington A federal judge sentenced two members of the Oath Keepers militia to less than four years in prison for seditious conspiracy on Friday, placing a brake ...

WASHINGTON, June 2 (Reuters) - Oath Keepers militant group members David Moerschel and Joseph Hackett were sentenced on Friday to prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes arising from the ...

Attorney General Merrick Garland faced attacks from the left amid concern that the DOJ would not charge anyone with sedition. Federal prosecutors have since indicted 11 Oath Keepers with that ...

Oath Keepers provided them with bodyguards and ... The federal government last brought sedition charges against right-wing militants in 2010. A judge acquitted members of the self-described ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A prosecutor urged a jury on Wednesday to convict four members of the far-right Oath Keepers of seditious conspiracy, saying they plotted to stop the U.S. Congress ...

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four other members of the far-right group tried to change history and disrupt the peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutor Jeffrey Nestler ...

The Oath Keepers' first sedition trial began this week. The max punishment is 20 years in jail. There will be a second one, and a sedition trial for several Proud Boys members, later this year.

They emphasized his formation of the Oath Keepers in 2009, saying the group provided hurricane and other emergency relief, security in cities experiencing rioting, and protective details for VIPs ...