today after a break for the holiday weekend, the day, federal prosecutors in washington, d.c., resumed prosecuting a case against five members of the oath keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, or trying to overthrow the government. last week zeroed in on the group s founder, stewart rhodes. but today s former afghanistan veteran. her name is jessica watkins. introduced evidence that watkins discussed cutting off pool cues to serve as antifa smasher is. she sought to recruit and train people to join the oath keepers. if it convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants face up to 20 years behind bars. there s been a lot of wrangling on the radar. but today s trial is important because it s another example of individual accountability. and this, case accountability for a small group that s not tweens flicked significant damage. individual accountability does not on its own get to the root of the problem, especially here let s take, for exampl
that in just a moment. but first, let s talk about the sedition trial that s happening today after a break for the holiday weekend, the day, federal prosecutors in washington, d. c., resumed prosecuting a case against five members of the oath keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, or trying to overthrow the government. last week zeroed in on the group s founder, stewart rhodes. but today s former afghanistan veteran. her name is jessica watkins. introduced evidence that watkins discussed cutting off pool cues to serve as antifa smasher is. she sought to recruit and train people to join the oath keepers. if it convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants face up to 20 years behind bars. there s been a lot of wrangling on the radar. but today s trial is important because it s another example of individual accountability. and this, case accountability for a small group that s not tweens flicked significant damage. individual accountability do
on charge of seditious conspiracy trying to overthrow the government. last week, the group focused on the founder stewart rhodes. but today focused on afghanistan veteran, jessica watkins. and she cut off pool cues to serve as antifa smashers january 6th. if they re convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants each face up to 20 years behind bars. now, there s been a lot of legal wrangling on the radar lately, but this trial is incredibly important because it is yet another example of individual accountability. in this case, accountability for a small group that sought to inflict significant ghdamage. at the same time, accountability does not get to the root of the problem. let s take the case that happened to d.c. police officer michael fanone on january 6th. i should warn you some of what we re about to show is graphic. if you don t want to see it, now is your chance to turn away. this is the image that made officer fanone famous. it s a snapshot tak
they do ask questions, and i think they re objectively i think it makes sense why people are asking will he be on some sort of energy drinks or something. that was house speaker mike johnson insisting that donald trump s claim that president biden will use drugs ahead of tomorrow night s debate was a joke. we ll dig into those remarks and the new conspiracy theory one republican is floating, which includes, mountain dew. plus, we ll bring you the key take-aways from last night s primaries where progressive democrats in new york suffered a major blow, and republican congresswoman lauren boebert won her race after she switched districts. and also ahead judge juan merchan partially lifts donald trump s gag order in the hush money case. who the former president is now free to talk about and who remains off-limits. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, june 26th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we have a lot to get to t
incited january 6th. those people, including former president trump, have yet to be held to account and any serious way. this thursday, january six committee will hold its next hearing. one of the people who will be there, watching, seeing how the committee lays out its case and tries to get the history right, is officer michael fanone. joining us now is former metropolitan, d.c. police officer, michael fanone. officer, michael, thanks for joining me today. thanks for sharing your story with the american public and excruciating detail. thanks for having me. i just want to start with that stat we mention in the beginning of the segment about the number of people who are in law enforcement who also belong to a group like the oath keepers. as someone who served in law enforcement, does that surprise you? did that surprise you when you heard that statistic? no, it doesn t surprise me at all. unfortunately, we ve seen a