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
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where the man accused of tasing fanone repeatedly. none of these men were oath keepers. they weren t organized. they didn t have a plan. yet, they did horrible, violent things together. officer fanone just published a book about his experience. it s called hold the line. the insurrection and one cops battle for america s soul. in it, he describes his assailants as, quote, independent losers who became involved and within the mob. but there s connective tissue between groups like the oath keepers and the proud boys, and members of the general crowd on january 6th. when fbi agents asked the man who tased fanone when he traveled to d.c. for january 6th, the man said, quote, trump called us. trump called us to d.c.. unfortunately, the basic facts of what happened on january 6th and trump s role and inciting the events of that there that s all now become a matter of partisan debate. republicans in congress have done everything they can to