call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating,. .vision changes, or eye pain occur. take a stand, and start a new day with trelegy. ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy. .and save at trelegy.com. welcome back, everybody. oath keepers founder stewart rhodes testimony has wrapped for the day in his trial. he s going to be back on the stand testifying in his own defense on monday. rhodes, by the way, the highest profile defendant charged. he s accused of orchestrating the effort by his group to stop the certification of president joe biden as president, i should, on january 6th. prosecutors finished presenting their case yesterday. they questioned 30 witnesses, presented countless videos and messages to support their claim that the oath keepers tried to stop the peaceful transfer of
now you will. the founder of the far right militia group known as the oath keepers has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy marking a major escalation in the justice department s investigation. he s not alone. ten others were indicted on the very same charge. pete williams is nbc s justice correspondent. pete, i don t know what that means, right? big scary name. what does seditious conspiracy entail? it means conspiracy to stop the government from carrying out one of its essential functions and these, therefore, with the most serious charges filed and brought against the most high profile defendant. they accuse the leader of the oath keepers of starting to plan right after the election for violent action in washington to block joe biden from becoming president. stewart rhodes is accused of seditious conspiracy, planning with ten other members of the group to carry out acts of violence to stop congress from formally counting the electoral vote for president. prosecutors
at helpfosterchildren.com welcome in to the the situation room. we have breaking news happening now, breaking news, the most high profile defendant in the january 6th investigation pleads not guilty to a rare and serious charge of
now to the already charged in the insurrection. today the highest profile defendant the leader of the oath keepers stewart rhodes will get a judge s decision on whether or not to be released from jail before the trial date this year. the attorneys arguing in a 41-page brief no evidence he conspired to block congress to certify the election. his lawyers argue that the oath keepers there as security teams and only entered the capitol quote after learning of a shooting and that there were people in need of medical attention in the capitol building. rose is facing a seditious conspiracy charge. joining us now is frank
universe. it s a difference in kind when you talk about the scrutinies and the pressure and the standards and the resources that will be available to the people in the trump if that is where this guys. sure, chris, but if mr. trump is indicted, he is not the first defendant with ample resources to hire attorneys to defend him. your question is, can a criminal department handle a case like this? you need a judge who can control her courtroom, who is smart and doesn t play to the cameras. you need good advocates on both sides and you need good evidence because it has to prove the case behind a reasoningible doubt. but if the question is, can a criminal justice system handle a high profile defendant?