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Seditious conspiracy is among the more serious federal charges that prosecutors are looking at for some U.S. Capitol rioters. Some legal experts caution against going down that road.

Federal Strike Force Builds Sedition Cases Against Capitol Rioters. Will It Work? Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin. Pro-Trump extremists climb the walls of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The pro-Trump mob broke windows of the Capitol and clashed with police officers. Now theres debate about whether federal charges of seditious conspiracy should be used against some of the rioters. Jon Cherry / Getty Images Members of the insurrectionist mob that attacked t...

General flynns lawyers might be entering into discussions with the special counsel about potential pleas. no one should draw the conclusion from that, that this means anything about general flynn cooperating against the president. im joined now by the director of security law program at george mason university law school and former senior adviser to bob corker, jameel jafr, and criminal defense attorney and former cia officer jack rice. jameel, theres the issue of the film. were talking about ha...