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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.