the government tried nine oath keepers with seditious conspiracies. six of them were found guilty of it. all nine of them were found guilty of at least one other charge. the same charge brought against the qanon shaman. and by the, way hundreds of other jerry sixth defendants. it s actually one of the most common charges that the department of justice brought against january 6th insurrectionists overall. again, statute is technically titled tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant. the qanon shaman, and all of those hundreds of other january 6th defendants, they weren t actually being accused of witness tampering. we re charged with a particular section of the statute, corruptly obstructing an official proceeding. basically getting into the way of congress as it set out the 24 by staging an insurrection. okay. all of this is relevant because
of it. all nine of them were found guilty of at least one other charge. the same charge brought against the qanon shaman. and by the, way hundreds of other jerry sixth defendants. it s actually one of the most common charges that the department of justice brought against january 6th insurrectionists overall. again, statute is technically titled tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant. the qanon shaman, and all of those hundreds of other january 6th defendants, they weren t actually being accused of witness tampering. we re charged with a particular section of the statute, corruptly obstructing an official proceeding. basically getting into the way of congress as it set out the 24 by staging an insurrection. okay. all of this is relevant because
with the government he pleaded guilty to just one count. it is a count from a statute titled tampering with a witness, victim, or an inform want. and then there is this guy. remember him? he s stewart rhodes, the founder of the far right group, the oath keepers. the government tried nine oath keepers with seditious conspiracy and six of them were found guilty of it. but all nine were found guilty of at least one other charge, the same charge brought against the qanon shaman, and by the way hundreds of other january 6th defendants. it s actually one of the most common charges brought against january 6th insurrectionists of all. and the statute is effectively titled tampering with a witness, victim, or inform want. but the qanon shaman and all those hundreds of january 6th defendants, they weren t actually being accused of witness tampering. they were charged with a particular section of the
statute, corruptly obstructing an official proceeding, basically getting in the way of congress as it setout to certify the 2020 election by staging insurrection. all of this is relevant because today the three federal statutes listed in that target letter special counsel jack smith sent to former president trump, those statutes were described to nbc news by two attorneys with direct knowledge of the document. the wall street journal, rolling stone, a bunch of places essentially have the same reporting. and that is one of the statutes mr. smith has informed donald trump may be indicted on has to do with tampering with a witness. just like the qanon shaman, and just like stewart rhodes of the oath keepers. now, we have all the descriptions. we all have descriptions of the federal statutes in play, but we