rightful government, stopping the peaceful transfer of power. late last year through earlier this year there were two trials for leaders of the right-wing gang known as the oath keepers. we covered him on the program here. members of the group are on trial for this very serious and rare crime of seditious conspiracy, which is to find in part as, quote, if two or more persons conspire to overthrow put down or to destroy by force the government of the united states, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority there of, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the united states. when you read that you think, yeah, it s kind of what they did, right? so in that first trial, two oath keepers were convicted of that crime, seditious conspiracy, while three others were convicted of different crimes. in the second trial for more oath keepers were convicted of seditious conspiracy sly. again, rare to be charged, even rarer for it to work and get
case. having said that, does this hinder, compromise, change the equation for merrick garland when it comes to the possible prosecution of donald trump? does it put him in a tougher position to prosecute donald trump? well, again, as a human being it might. as a prosecutor and the attorney general, they re different cases. you have to look at the facts of each particular case. exercise your independent judgment as to what is the right thing to do in the interest of justice. thank you. that was wide ranging. you were the perfect guest to have for this. thank you, mr. attorney general. be well. that s a good distinction at the end. it s something that will affect his thinking. yeah. now that house speaker kevin mccarthy is the house speaker, it s time for him to make good