Tuesday, January 18, 2022
Opinion | Merrick Garland’s seditious conspiracy indictment changes everything - The Washington Post
… First, and most important, this is the first time the Justice Department has identified the assault on the Capitol as sedition. Trump apologists had long argued that this was not a "coup" or effort to upset the government. The indictment argues otherwise. Seeking to disrupt the counting of the electoral votes is, if the indictment holds, sedition. And conspiracy to commit that crime is a serious offense entailing long prison terms. By invoking that charge against coup plotters, Garland makes clear he is following up the chain and will look at actions preceding Jan. 6...
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