he did not do it. day four of the seditious conspiracy trial. trump should have acted, and just manned up to do it, but he didn t. tonight, new evidence of how hard the oath keepers pressed for a coup. congressman jamie raskin, on what it means for the committee s final hearing. then, even new reporting suggesting the justice department thinks donald trump is, still, hiding documents. plus, new reporting that herschel walker urged his ex girlfriend to have a second abortion. joe searcy owning, on the presidents candid remarks about vladimir putin, and nuclear armageddon. all in, starting right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. we begin tonight by setting a scene for you at the e barrett premium federal courthouse in washington d.c.. five members of the right-wing gang, the oath keepers, are currently on trial for seditious conspiracy. in connection with their plot to keep donald trump in pair power with, the 2020 election. we have been bringing you up
keepers and private messages. on november 25th, 2020, three weeks after donald trump lost the election, he wrote to a group called old leadership chat, quote, time to get serious about trading and force on force is the way to go. a few days later, he elaborated, it will be 1776 all over again. more like 1775 all over again. on december 14th, the day when the electors cast their votes, formalizing joe biden s win, rhodes told the group, trump has one last chance to act. he must use the insurrection act unless we fight a bloody civil war revolution. and then on new year s eve, roads was clear about what he believed what happened when week later. quote, on the sixth, they are going to put the final nail in the coffin of this republic. unless we fight our way out. with trump, preferably, or without him, we have no choice. those messages show that elmer rhodes was planning for anticipating a bloody insurrection. he was dead set on marshaling violence to wage war against the rightfully elect
roads was clear about what he believed what happened when week later. quote, on the sixth, they are going to put the final nail in the coffin of this republic. unless we fight our way out. with trump, preferably, or without him, we have no choice. those messages show that elmer rhodes was planning for anticipating a bloody insurrection. he was dead set on marshaling violence to wage war against the rightfully elected government and to stop the peaceful transfer of power. which is, basically, textbook definition of seditious conspiracy. and yet, this was still far from a slam dunk case. seditious conspiracy round ut i th pre-pl, t either a 4 sedit all of thos ⌞> yeah, i meaback in worl tlet s weakening t yeah, theu t even liability can reach really far. a jury can hold all conspirators responsible for what just one conspirator does.
that way is because that gives you a legal cover. yes, that sort of official position. you know that we are speaking in good faith. the q r f, at that reference, is what oath keepers are armed, and ready to deploy. that brings us to today s testimony, and it was directing oath keepers to be private. it was the standout had investigated the case, and is messages they obtained during the investigation. roads said, to oath keepers group chats. it was painting a picture of a man who is dead set on marshaling violence, and wage war against a rightfully elected violent with the peaceful transfer of power. on november 25th, 2020, three weeks after trump about the election, rhodes wrote to a group called old leadership chat. quote, time to get serious about training. and force on force is the way to go.