counts, including seditious conspiracy. spurs all alone faces a tense charge of robbery for that stolen shield. seditious conspiracy is a crime of t or more people to conspire to quote, overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the u.s. government. it is an extremely rare charge, it was last brought in 20 twin against a militia and michigan, those charges were later dismissed. but since the attack on the capital, there have been three more seditious conspiracy trials. the one is the proud boys, and two against oath keepers militia members. those have resulted in six convictions and three not guilty verdicts. ryan riley, justice reporting for us at wcvb news has been inside the courtroom covering the proud boys trial, he is the author of sedition hunters, the january 6th through the justice system, and he joins me now. ryan, this has been a very long, and complex trial, much longer if i m not mistaken, and the first two oath keepers. first, for those who have not been tuned into this,
busy news night. joy reid picks up next. tonight on the reidout give me a name. white supremacists. who would you like me to condemn. proud boys, stand back and stand by. as we await a verdict in the proud boys trial, how january 6th continues to be a drag on the republican party. as their likely nominee, donald trump, continues to quite literally embrace insurrectionists. also tonight, the sorry state of the right-wing supreme court majority. and the questions their actions raise about the credibility of the court. and actor and comedian john leguizamo will be here right hire on set with me to discuss his new series, leguizamo does america. very, very excited about that. but we begin tonight still awaiting a verdict in the trial of five members of the far right extremist group the proud boys. for their role in the violent attack on the u.s. capitol on
As the January 6 seditious conspiracy trial wrapped up, a lawyer of a Proud Boys leader argued that former President Donald Trump was using his client as a scapegoat.
rigging, all sorts of what are called predicate crimes. and so in georgia, they have a version of that federal statute that allows you to charge various individual crimes as part of that overarching conspiracy. andrew weissmann, thank you very much. we have you on for your legal nerdery, appreciate it. closing arguments are under way in the proud boys trial. who the defense is actually blaming for the insurrection. plus, we told you why 2020 deja vu may be the best case for president biden in 2024, but what about congress? what does a trump/biden rematch do to the makeup of congress and what s next for fox news is the tucker firing a warning shot for the other hosts we re back in 60 seconds introducing astepro allergy. now available without a prescription. astepro is the first and only 24-hour steroid-free spray. while flonase takes hours,
you know, there will b financial repercussions. there is going to be political repercussions. and we are gonna push back california congress men jimmy gomez, thank you coming up, reproductiv rights they are under attack across this country but here is the thing, women are fighting back. plus, federal prosecutor disclose possibly classified material to defense attorney and the proud boys trial and later, could another trump era emigration policy be makin a comeback what it is, what it could mean for asylum seekers came to thi country. but first, richard louis i standing back with a look at the other big stories we are watching this hour, on msnbc richard. thank you, alicia worst-case scenario, that is how the situation is being described in parts o california a new atmospheric rive bringing intense rain an flooding across the northern and central parts of the state at least two people died, 16 million people are under flood alerts in northern california a levee broke there forcin th