and a special sunday edition of the velshi banned book club brings us a beautiful, lyrical story of love and identity, a novel about mexican born texas raised gay teens that we ll feel universal when you read it. my conversation with the author, who will discover the secrets of the universe, it s one that you will not want to miss. velshi starts next. good morning to you, i am ali velshi, sunday, october 2nd. we have reached a new phase in the ever winding investigation into the insurrection of the u.s. capitol. tomorrow, marks the high profile trial seven from the january six so far. it s a rare case in u.s. history, or something called seditious conspiracy is charged, meaning the defendants are not discharged violent crimes but an effect on our country. opening arguments in the seditious conspiracy trial, this man, you oath keepers founder, stewart rhodes and four other individuals with the far-right booker said to begin tomorrow, hundreds of alleged interactions are bein
keepers would then be there to support that militia. trump never invoked the insurrection act, but sent plenty of other bat signals to this government vigilante groups. he had the idea of voting the insurrection act at other points in his presidency, and you ll remember, this is the same man who told the proud boys, another far-right extremist group linked to january 6th to quote, stand back and stand by. that s after he was asked on a debate stage to condemn them. and then on january six, right before his supporters descended on the capitol, donald trump said this. we fight like hell and if you do not fight like hell, you will not have a country anymore. now if you thought the multiple investigations bearing down on him including the series of damning hearings from the january six committee or the actual, realtime prosecution of his supporters for their actions on that day where prompted the former