Seditious Conspiracy

Rhodes never entered the Capitol. Rhodes' attorney said that the Oath Keeper and his co-defendants did engage in a lot of "horribly heated rhetoric and bombast." But he told jurors that their “venting” was not a crime. The case is being used to smear Trump ahead of the 2024 election.

Reporter Julie Kelly makes the case that the felony convictions will bolster bringing similar charges against Donald Trump to thwart his candidacy in 2024. A critic proposed they're "trying to set a no-protest precedent for the election in 18 months they're going to try to steal."