been convicted. the most photographed crime potentially in american history. makes these cases difficult to defend. right. and what you are seeing is a lot of defendants saying, well, trump told me to do it, or i was authorized by trump. and that is a problem because it s not working. reporter: the past week might have been prosecutors most impactful. securing guilty verdict in some of the highest profile cases against richard barnett the rioter who put his feet on nancy pelosi s desk and stole her mail. i don t agree with that decision. reporter: against a pennsylvania woman accused of violent words towards the former house speaker. and against four members of the far-right oath keepers group for seditious conspiracy, plotting to block the peaceful transfer of power that america, which lucius outlaw calls historic. they don t have a track
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this is bbc news. the latest headlines eleven people are now known to have died in the california mass shooting, as police seek a motive for the gunman, a member of the public managed to disarm him. as the european union agrees on more financial aid for ukraine, pressure grows on germany to send military tanks to help fight off the russian invasion. a court in washington has convicted four members of a far right militia group of seditious conspiracy, for their part in the capitol riots in january 2021. the four men, all belonging to the oath keepers group, were also found guilty of other felony and obstruction charges.
good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is tuesday, january 24th. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, pulitzer prize winning columnist at the washington post, eugene robinson, and u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay is with us this morning. it s good to have you all with us. so, a jury in the nation s capitol has convicted four oath keepers, members of the oath keepers group, and they have been convicted of seditious conspiracy. it is the second group of guilty verdicts related to the far right group s efforts to block certification of the 2020 presidential election. the four members joined oath keepers founder stewart rhodes in the group s florida leader kelly megs who were both convicted on the same charge last november. the washington post points out that the seditious conspiracy charges are rarely used and even