that matters if you re writing a case book and trying to illustrate exactly what s seditious conspiracy is, this would be your example. it could not be more on point. it could not be more fitting. it s worth reminding people that it involves conspiracy to overthrow and put down by force, the government of the united states. what is this if not an exact illustration of the carrying out of that statute. with donald trump s role in egging them on, it will be very interesting to see where they go next with this. i think a lot of people thought, it s about time. it seemed very clear that there was a conspiracy here, and the it seem like an obvious death. again, with the state has
president. that s absolutely true, and i would say the other thing about this is if you were writing a case book and trying to illustrate exactly what seditious conspiracy is, this would be your example. it could not be more on point, it could not be more fitting in the statute itself which you read it already, but it s worth reminding people that this involves conspiracy to overthrow, put down and destroy by force the government of the united states. what is this if not a carrying out of that statute? with donald trump egging them on, it will be interesting to see where they go next with this. i think a lot of people thought it s about time. it seems very clear that there was a conspiracy here and that bringing in the oath keepers seems like the obvious step.
well, ana, seditious conspiracy is, as you ve already noted, a very serious charge. it s rare because it s harder to prove. it carries a very long sentence, up to 20 years in prison, but i think what makes it especially significant and different from the other charges is that it s a political crime. in addition to going to jail, it carries a stigma of being branded as a traitor to the country, and i think for that reason that it s also very rarely used because you are, you know, basically being declared as a traitor and i think it s flitting in this case because what we see in this indictment is that these people were not just there, you know, causing chaos and disrupting congress proceedings. they had planned for violence in the seat of our government, and i think that we are just lucky that there were not more casualties that day. so i think that there is a