that in just a moment. but first, let s talk about the sedition trial that s happening today after a break for the holiday weekend, the day, federal prosecutors in washington, d. c., resumed prosecuting a case against five members of the oath keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, or trying to overthrow the government. last week zeroed in on the group s founder, stewart rhodes. but today s former afghanistan veteran. her name is jessica watkins. introduced evidence that watkins discussed cutting off pool cues to serve as antifa smasher is. she sought to recruit and train people to join the oath keepers. if it convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants face up to 20 years behind bars. there s been a lot of wrangling on the radar. but today s trial is important because it s another example of individual accountability. and this, case accountability for a small group that s not tweens flicked significant damage. individual accountability do
on charge of seditious conspiracy trying to overthrow the government. last week, the group focused on the founder stewart rhodes. but today focused on afghanistan veteran, jessica watkins. and she cut off pool cues to serve as antifa smashers january 6th. if they re convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants each face up to 20 years behind bars. now, there s been a lot of legal wrangling on the radar lately, but this trial is incredibly important because it is yet another example of individual accountability. in this case, accountability for a small group that sought to inflict significant ghdamage. at the same time, accountability does not get to the root of the problem. let s take the case that happened to d.c. police officer michael fanone on january 6th. i should warn you some of what we re about to show is graphic. if you don t want to see it, now is your chance to turn away. this is the image that made officer fanone famous. it s a snapshot tak
the events of that day, that s all now become a matter of partisan debate. republicans in congress have done everything they can to downplay trumps involvement and sullen alternative set of facts to the american public about january 6th. so officer fanone has made it his personal mission to be sure that the story of that day is told correctly, and that everyone responsible, up to former president trump, is held responsible. fanone showed everyone who would watch his body cam footage. he testified before the january six committee and told his story in excruciating detail. here s a voice mail that officer fanone received after testifying to the january six committee about how he was brutally beaten. first safety message. this is from michael fanone. metropolitan police officer. you re on trial right now lying and, you want an emmy? an oscar? what are you trying to go for
personal animosity towards me has grown so strong that some police leaders worry that if i returned to street patrol, i might end up like frank serpico. shot under mysterious circumstances in 1971 and nearly died awaiting especially delayed response. that animosity would lead to fanone s decision to leave the police force. we now know that them namaste fanone felt within that force might also not be an outlier. the adl identified 373 individuals who are both members of the oath keepers and are currently serving in law enforcement agencies across the country. yes. those of keepers. the one who were on trial for suggestion. today, the department of justice updated its running count of how many people january 6th. 880 defendants have been arrested so far. 412 of those individuals have pleaded guilty. 21 of been found guilty at
he s self deployed. he saw in the news what was happening on the capitol. he went where help was needed. we can hear for ourselves how he eventually got the crowd to stop attacking him by pleading with them that he had children. we i have kids! [noise] we can see for ourselves as fanone is pulled from the attack having suffered a heart attack and a traumatic brain individually injury. we can see who the people who assaulted him are. that s how the fbi found this man, who has since been found guilty of dragging him into the crowd, saying, i got one. or this man, who is also since