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as a series of votes got under way. president herzog said the citizens of israel are thirsting for hope and he called on elected officials to act with courage. so what exactly is it that the israeli government is proposing? well, under their plans, the supreme court would no longer have the power to overrule government or ministerial decisions which it deems to be unreasonable . the power of the supreme court to review or throw out laws would be weakened with a simple majority of one in the knesset able to overrule such decisions. the government would have a decisive say over who becomes a judge, including in the supreme court, by increasing its representation on the committee which appoints them. and ministers would not be required to obey the advice of their legal advisers, guided by the attorney general, which they currently have to by law. to add a further complication, israel s prime minister has just been discharged from hospital
missed that showed that appeared to show zachary real pointing a can of what appeared to be pepper spray at a line of officers. that s going to be another interesting thing to look at here. broadly speaking, if you want to look at long-term repercussions and implications, the enrique tarrio is going to be the main thing to look at here. that s really you know, as close as an analog as you could have to a donald trump sort of situation where it s somebody who is away from the capitol, not directly there, and there s, you know, the evidence about whether or not there was explicit instructions was a little bit mixed. if you wanted to read the tea leaves, certainly it s affair to say that jack smith s team is watching closely to see what happens with enrique tarrio here. the prosecutor saying in their closing arguments the proud boys wanted to be donald trump s army and that they were thirsting for violence and organizing for action. ryan, there are several counts and several defenda
as a call to action. they said the proud boys were thirsting for violence and were prepared to stop certification of president joe biden s win by, quote, any means necessary, including by force. until the aftermath of the riot on the capitol, the charge of seditious conspiracy was rarely used, but with today s decision, the department of justice has now secured ten trial convictions on the civil war era charge. the others were the oath keepers, including its leader, stewart rhodes. but today s conviction of enrique tarrio in particular could be the most consequential win yet for the justice department. we ll explain that in a moment. joining us now from outside the u.s. district court house in washington, d.c. is nbc news justice report ryan reilly. we got a little bit of breaking news, additional partial
announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening and welcome. they appear to be among the most determined in the january 6th attack on the capitol, thirsting for violence is how prosecutors put it. today five members of the far right extremist group proud boys, including their former leader, were convicted on serious felony charges related to the capitol assault. perhaps the most significant trial yet. four of them found guilty of seditious conspiracy, rare charges with deep and chilling historical roots. all of the defendants convicted of interfering with the duties of members of congress in what the government argued was an organized attempt to stop certification of the election. defense attorneys arguing their clients were scapegoated. ken dilanian has details. reporter: prosecutors called them the key instigators of the january 6th assault on the u.s. capital. american citizens are storming the capitol. reporter: after a three-month trial, a