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Letters, in the latest case a prosecutor cited a defendant saying millions will die get your f-ing soul ready that was that a what they used in closing arguments, they face additional charges and convicted on some of those charges including obstruction of an official proceeding, all four men face the possibility of decades in prison. whitney wild, cnn washington. a winter storm has left thousands of customers in the northeastern u.s. without power, this as the region braces for a second storm....

Link between these people who carried out what trump wanted them to do and trump? >> look, you know, the oath keepers seditious conspiracy verdicts really come out because the government had concrete evidence that the leaders of the oath keepers effectively engaged in political violence to stop the peaceful transfer of power, and because it was presented in that way, and because, you know, the oath keepers had a quick reaction across virginia. they had weapons and ammunition, and they were texti...

Making the verdict a significant victory for the justice department. of the nearly 1,000 people charged with crimes at the capitol on january 6, less than 20 have been charged with seditious conspiracy. the four oath keepers convicted yesterday were also found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiring to obstruct. both of obstruction and seditious convictions could lead to 20 years in prison but the likely duration will be five to seven years. joining us is david roe. good m...

Desk of then house speaker nancy pelosis office during the insurrection was found guilty yesterday on all eight charges stemming if the capitol riot. >> yeah, but he was sorry. actually, no he wasnt. >> he told jurors it was not a jury of his peers and he vows to appeal. >> did he want proud boys, and who exactly -- who does he consider jury of his peers, other people who were trying to overthrow legal american presidential elections? >> the 62-year-old repeatedly said in court last week that he...

Investigating these two, and what do you see? >> i am appointing a special counsel just like biden to conduct the review in coordination with the fbi, and wait for any review of the special counsel, and i dont think it is necessary to determine how these records got to former vice president pences house who was involved and if vice president pence decides to run for president, that is going to be a different factor just like when president trump did, and right now, you play it by the book just l...

Conspiracy. it is the second set of guilty verdicts related to the far rights efforts to block certification of the 2020 presidential election. the four members join oath keepers founder, stewart rhodes and the groups florida leader, kelly megs, both convicted on the same charge last november. "the washington post" points out that seditious conspiracy charges are rarely used and rarely successful, making the verdict another significant victory for the justice department. of the nearly 1,000 peop...

Challenge as if it appears that pence and biden handled these scenarios pretty much the same, but very differently than former president trump. >> reporter: thats exactly right. at the crux has been the cooperation, at least it appears that pence and biden versus obstruction in the case of former president trump. thats always been a key difference. but in just the last few minutes as this news is making its way around capitol hill, lindsey graham put the thought out that which is clearly we have...

Were they accidental or intentional and what was the level of obstruction of justice or of an investigation that happened afterward? that is what the justice department needs to look into. that will involve probably i think a special counsel here to fairly and adequately look into how these documents got out. why they did, was it just sloppiness or was someone voluntarily trying to get documents out of the white house? that is the same standard of law that has been applied to president biden tha...

Cooperation, trying to make sure the documents are properly returned —— what is critical here. as opposed to the more obstructionist path that former president trump took, which is why he faces more likely indictment, in my view, for the obstruction he engaged in over the last 18 months.— obstruction he engaged in over the last 18 months. would you expect the attorney general _ last 18 months. would you expect the attorney general to _ last 18 months. would you expect the attorney general ...

Robert mueller. there is an actual predicate for finding intent. that is the key fact. obviously, theres been -- right now there is zero, zero evidence of obstruction either in the biden case or in the pence case which is a huge differentiator with the former president. >> andrew, i dont mean to drill down near any raw nerves here. i dont mean to pick on the current attorney general. but all we as a general public is what the public is facing. this is what the public is facing. we got to see the...