prosecutors have been vindicated. not that that is our job to look for vindication when we make a decision to bring a difficult case and challenging case, a politically-charged case. the jury sought the prosecutors, they believe they had enough evidence to meet their burden of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. the oath keepers, this organization committed a crime of seditious conspiracy. they violently tried to overthrow the government, they tried to violently tried to resist the laws of the united states, which is precisely what they did. they tried to stop the certification of joe biden s presidential win. this will embolden, it will energize the federal prosecutors because katie, this week coming up, there is part two of the oath keepers trial. we saw that infamous military formation going into the capitol. this trial only held
more hearing before the november midterm elections. that ruling is ryan riley, a justice department reporter for nbc news digital. ryan, good morning, thank you for being with us. i first want to talk about stewart rhodes and his defense, his lawyers putting it on donald trump saying they went there on january six, waiting for orders from donald trump, and seemed to have some idea of what those orders could be. this seems like an unusual defense, work on the what you make of it. it is, he will also be throwing a lot of these other oath keepers are on trial, under the bus to a certain extent. these two staff who entered the capitol in this military formation did so, under orders from him. he will claim afterwards he was upset that they were in the capitol without his permission. his intention is that they decided to enter on their own, they had people who were trained, who would provide
shooting just revealed the horrifying new images the gunman entering the school calmly walking down the hall students fleeing as shots were fired police responding minutes later but retreating from the gunfire. then officers amassing in the hallway for over an hour before finally entering the classrooms to take the shooter down tonight, how victims families are reacting. also tonight, the dramatic hearing the january 6th committee making the case that donald trump summoned a violent mob to attack the capitol with a now infamous tweet. new testimony and evidence linking trump allies to extremist groups that led the attack the former spokesman for the oath keepers testifying they were a violent militia to attack the capitol in military formation the emotional moment the convicted rioter hugging capitol police, telling them i m sorry. the explosive claim liz cheney saying trump recently called a witness. could that be considered tampering our team at the capitol. the boat capsizing o
are happened january 6th, when we saw that stacked military formation going up the stairs of our capitol. 0ur correspondent nomia iqbal has been following the hearing, and talked us through what s happened so far. there were two parts to today s hearing. the first part revolved around something that was referred to as an unhinged meeting which happened in mid december, in which donald trump s advisers were telling him to concede the election, but he was listening to a group of unofficial advisers who were telling him to continue with his baseless claims the election was stolen. the next day, which is where we get into the second part, he put out a tweet in which he said to his supporters to come and protest onjanuary 6th be there, will be wild is what he wrote. and then the committee focused on people that did turn up. one of them was a man called stephen ayres, who has now pleaded guilty to obstruction charges that day. he talked about how he deeply regretted listening to donald t
well, let s move from the political crisis in sri lanka, and tell you about washington, where the committee investigating the storming of the us capitol has laid out how donald trump incited far right extremists in a last ditch bid to remain in office. jason van tatenhove, a former spokesman for the oath keepers, described the group as violent, dismissive of the rule of law, and capable of swaying people through lies and deceit. rather than try to use words, i think the best illustration for what the oath keepers are happened january 6th, when we saw that stacked military formation going up the stairs of our capitol. our correspondent nomia iqbal has been following the hearing and talked us through what s happened so far. there were two parts to today s hearing, the first part revolved around something that was referred to as an unhinged meeting which happened in mid december, in which donald trump s advisers were telling him to concede the election, but he was listening to a group of