a deadly chokehold by a stranger on a new york city subway car. why this incident spaurrked a homicide investigation and important conversations about mental illness and vigilantism. and then the fight gets under way to overturn an abortion ban in one state, a ban dating back to 1849. you heard that right. years before the civil war. decades before women could even vote. we re talking to the attorney general who filed the lawsuit. welcome to the lead. we begin in our politics lead. a major milestone in the prosecution of the pro trump rioters who stormed the capitol on january 6, 2021. and an effort to in an effort to forcibly keep trump in power after his resounding and legitimate election defeat. today four members of the far right proud boys militia group were found guilty by a jury of seditious conspiracy in their roles in the teek. these are of course the same extremists donald trump declined to condemn during a presidential debate in september 2020. what do you
verdicts. also this hour, as russia vows revenge for an alleged drone attack on the kremlin, it s now casting blame on the united states as well as on ukraine. i ll ask a key white house national security council official john kirby what the administration knows about the incident as he s accusing moscow of spinning lies. and there s breaking news we re following. an arrest was just announced in connection with a series of brutal stabbings near a university of california campus. stand by for details on the suspect and the charges. welcome to our viewers here in the united states, and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, you re in the situation room. tonight the u.s. justice department is claiming a new victory for american democracy after four members of the proud boys were found guilty of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the january 6th riot. cnn s sara murray reports on the jury s verdict in this very high profile trial. reporter: four members of the far right p
moment, now the stop the steal election denialism has metastasized so broadly, it s at the core of the people that insisted that there been massive fraud and vote rigging, and donald trump is the real winner the election was really quite small. it was a very loud chorus, we because it included the sitting president of the united states, but in the first weeks after the election, it was really just rudy giuliani and his ragtag bunch of conspiracy theorists, of rag right-wing lawyers. they spewed a bunch of nonsense at the four seasons total landscaping press conference in pennsylvania, and the equally infamous hair dye press, or where rudy giuliani appeared to be melting. but there are a losing court case after court case, in their attempt to get biden s victory overturned in various swing states. failing in court, they try to get republican state legislatures to overturn the election results instead. but the republican leaders there would not playable. but in pennsylvania, th
the proud boys to help gin up a revolution. we stormed the. [ bleep ] capitol. reporter: defense argues their clients were scapegoat, and it was trump who incited the riot. if you don t fight like hell you re not going to have a country anymore. reporter: prosecutors said the proud boys were at the front lines of the mob. riling up the crowd as the first barriers were breeched. told s verdict marks the first time prosecutors have knocked convictions for seditious conspiracy in the after math of january 6th. finding a fifth proud boy, dominic pezolla. he did steal a price rye tiot shield, using it to break a window rioters used to enter the capitol. the jury found pezzola guilty of
reporter: defense attorneys argued their clients were merely scapegoats and it was trump who incited the riot. if he fight like hell. if you don t, you won t have a country anymore. reporter: but prosecutors said that the proud boys were at the front lines of the mob. riling up the crowd as the first barriers were breached. this verdict marks the third time prosecutors have notched convictions for conspiracy. but the jury finding a fifth proud boy not guilty of seditious conspiracy. he was not accused of holding a leadership role within the far right group. he did according to prosecutors steal a police riot shield. using it to break a window that rioters used to enter the capitol. he was found guilty of other crimes like obstruction of an official proceeding.