The most interesting aspect from the Oath Keepers sedition indictments isn't who has been charged — but who might be charged next, BarbMcQuade writes.
Thursday accusing the 11 defendants of conspiring to oppose by force the government’s transition of presidential power, a jaw-dropping allegation under most circumstances.But for all of us who watched the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, it seems like a fitting response.
Who funded all of that equipment? Perhaps one of the 11 defendants facing up to 20 years in prison for seditious conspiracy will be persuaded to tell.
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