jake tapper: both minuta and rhodes were charged with seditious conspiracy, conspiring to use force against the federal government. they pleaded not guilty. but late last year the jury has reached a verdict in the seditious conspiracy trial for alleged leaders of the far right oath keepers. rhodes and another oath keeper were found guilty of seditious conspiracy. three others they were tried with were convicted on lesser charges. minuta s trial is underway. more than a dozen oath keepers and proud boys have been charged with seditious conspiracy. according to the committee, longtime trump ally roger stone had ties to these groups. jamie raskin: in the same time frame, stone communicated with both the proud boys and the oath keepers regularly. the committee obtained encrypted content from a group chat called friends of stone, fos, which included stone, rhodes, tarrio and ali alexander. jake tapper: tarrio is enrique tarrio, leader of the proud boys.
the proud boys, a far right militia, was active during this time preparing for january 6. jamie raskin: the proud boys launched an encrypted chat called the ministry of self defense. the committee obtained hundreds of these messages which show strategic and tactical planning about january the 6th, including maps of washington d.c. that pinpoint the location of police. jake tapper: even more alarming, some of the people making plans in the proud boys and in the oath keepers, another right wing militia, had direct ties to people close to donald trump. jamie raskin: one such ally was lieutenant general michael flynn, trump s former national security advisor. this photo from december 12th shows flynn and patrick byrne, another trump ally, guarded by indicted oath keeper roberto minuta. another view of the scene shows oath keepers leader stewart rhodes in the picture as well.
against the federal government. they pleaded not guilty. but late last year the jury has reached a verdict in the seditious conspiracy trial for alleged leaders of the far right oath keepers. rhodes and another oath keeper were found guilty of seditious conspiracy. three others they were tried with were convicted on lesser charges. minuta s trial is underway. more than a dozen oath keepers and proud boys have been charged with seditious conspiracy. according to the committee, longtime trump ally roger stone had ties to these groups. jamie raskin: in the same time frame, stone communicated with both the proud boys and the oath keepers regularly. the committee obtained encrypted content from a group chat called friends of stone, fos, which included stone, rhodes, tarrio and ali alexander. jake tapper: tarrio is enrique tarrio, leader of the proud boys. jamie raskin: the chat focused on various pro trump events
jamie raskin: the proud boys launched an encrypted chat called the ministry of self defense. the committee obtained hundreds of these messages which show strategic and tactical planning about january the 6th, including maps of washington d.c. that pinpoint the location of police. jake tapper: even more alarming, some of the people making plans in the proud boys and in the oath keepers, another right wing militia, had direct ties to people close to donald trump. jamie raskin: one such ally was lieutenant general michael flynn, trump s former national security advisor. this photo from december 12th shows flynn and patrick byrne, another trump ally, guarded by indicted oath keeper roberto minuta. another view of the scene shows oath keepers leader stewart rhodes in the picture as well. jake tapper: both minuta and rhodes were charged with seditious conspiracy, conspiring to use force