the government tried nine oath keepers with seditious conspiracies. six of them were found guilty of it. all nine of them were found guilty of at least one other charge. the same charge brought against the qanon shaman. and by the, way hundreds of other jerry sixth defendants. it s actually one of the most common charges that the department of justice brought against january 6th insurrectionists overall. again, statute is technically titled tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant. the qanon shaman, and all of those hundreds of other january 6th defendants, they weren t actually being accused of witness tampering. we re charged with a particular section of the statute, corruptly obstructing an official proceeding. basically getting into the way of congress as it set out the 24 by staging an insurrection. okay. all of this is relevant because today, the three federal statutes listed in the target letter that special counsel jack smith sent to former president trump,
with the government he pleaded guilty to just one count. it is a count from a statute titled tampering with a witness, victim, or an inform want. and then there is this guy. remember him? he s stewart rhodes, the founder of the far right group, the oath keepers. the government tried nine oath keepers with seditious conspiracy and six of them were found guilty of it. but all nine were found guilty of at least one other charge, the same charge brought against the qanon shaman, and by the way hundreds of other january 6th defendants. it s actually one of the most common charges brought against january 6th insurrectionists of all. and the statute is effectively titled tampering with a witness, victim, or inform want. but the qanon shaman and all those hundreds of january 6th defendants, they weren t actually being accused of witness tampering. they were charged with a particular section of the statute, corruptly obstructing an official proceeding, basically getting in the way of
of it. all nine of them were found guilty of at least one other charge. the same charge brought against the qanon shaman. and by the, way hundreds of other jerry sixth defendants. it s actually one of the most common charges that the department of justice brought against january 6th insurrectionists overall. again, statute is technically titled tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant. the qanon shaman, and all of those hundreds of other january 6th defendants, they weren t actually being accused of witness tampering. we re charged with a particular section of the statute, corruptly obstructing an official proceeding. basically getting into the way of congress as it set out the 24 by staging an insurrection. okay. all of this is relevant because today, the three federal statutes listed in the target letter that special counsel jack smith sent to former president trump, those statutes were described to nbc news by two attorneys with direct knowledge of the document.
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in his own state, but he suspended his campaign for president today, and threw his support behind former president donald trump. and here is trump at a rally earlier tonight, talking about desantis endorsement. i d like to take time to congratulate ron desantis. and of course, a really terrific person. but as you know, he left the campaign trail today at three pm, and in so doing, he was very gracious, and he endorsed me. so i appreciate it. gracious, we don t get that word a lot from donald trump, but he is trying to get everybody to support him. so now the race is narrow, a head to head between trump and nikki haley. haley leads trump among independents, a crucial block here in new hampshire, where there are more undecided voters than republicans or democrats. but she is 19 points behind trump overall. so, what comes next, and how close are we to another head to head presidential race between donald trump and joe biden? joining me now, nbc news correspondents dasha bu