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Seditious conspiracy is among the more serious federal charges that prosecutors are looking at for some U.S. Capitol rioters. Some legal experts caution against going down that road.
Federal Strike Force Builds Sedition Cases Against Capitol Rioters. Will It Work?
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Pro-Trump extremists climb the walls of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The pro-Trump mob broke windows of the Capitol and clashed with police officers. Now there s debate about whether federal charges of seditious conspiracy should be used against some of the rioters.
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Members of the insurrectionist mob that attacked the U.S. Capitol last week face what the federal prosecutor in charge calls a mind-blowing range of potential charges, from destruction of federal property, trespass and mail theft to possession of destructive devices and felony murder.
general flynn s lawyers might be entering into discussions with the special counsel about potential pleas. no one should draw the conclusion from that, that this means anything about general flynn cooperating against the president. i m joined now by the director of security law program at george mason university law school and former senior adviser to bob corker, jameel jafr, and criminal defense attorney and former cia officer jack rice. jameel, there s the issue of the film. we re talking about half a million dollars again, whether mike flynn had disclosed that, big issue here. and second of all, what happened earlier in the week, and that is the move by his legal team, jay suck low saying we didn t think this was going to happen, but don t think it s going to be against the president. where s he at, mike flynn here? i think it s a fair point that the white house expected that general flynn would talk to the prosecutors. but the ending of a joint