a potential for a development in the landmark proud boys seditious conspiracy trial over that group s role in the january 6th attack on the u.s. capitol. the justice department has accused its leader enrique tarrio and four other members of the group of conspiring to keep donald trump in office, of wanting to be, quote, donald trump s army, and of, quote, thirsting for violence and organizing for action. the jury is on day four of their deliberations. today nbc news learned joors sent two notes to the judge which included detailed specific questions about the seditious conspiracy charge and what to do in the event that they can t reach a unanimous verdict. joining us from outside the courthouse is justice reporter ryan riley and former u.s. attorney and msnbc contributor glen kisher in is back.
helping select the next republican presidential nominee. desantis is very likely to enter that field soon and become a candidate himself. phil runger rucker thanks for all of the context. a federal grand jury is deliberating charges against the proud boys and its former president. the prosecution painted the proud boys as, quote, donald trump s army who were, quote, thirsting for violence in their plot to violently stop the transfer of power to joe biden the defense claims that their clients are scapegoats for donald trump joining me now is justice reporter ryan riley who s been covering the trial ryan, this is an incredibly important case for the jury. it s a big case for the justice department seditious conspiracy is rarely used prosecutors made the point it did not need to be a verbal agreement, it could be unspoken, a wink, a nod.
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quote, thirsting for violence, that s how prosecutors described the five members of the proud boys on trial for their role in the january 6th attack it comes after more than 50 days of testimony from more than three dozen witnesses. joining us now, nbc justice reporter ryan reilly, also the author of the fourth coming book sedition hunters and with us, tally weinstein. this started back in december. boil down the closing arguments for us what are you hearing reporter: like you said, prosecutors are arguing that essentially this group was organizing for action and preparing for violence ahead of january 6th. what they told jurors is there doesn t have to be an explicit plan ahead of time, that individuals that went to the capitol that day and decided to participate in pry lens might have formed an instant k
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