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decided to postpone tomorrows proceedings. were praying for all those in the path. we start tonight with a major political battle taking place across the country. as of today, we are just six weeks out from this years midterms. despite economical and historical trends that should favor republicans, this election is shaping up to be closer than anyone expected, thanks in part to republican extremism to states across the country. from roe v. wade to state abortion bans to election deni...

violence associated with the supreme courts eventual decision on abortion rights. this warning comes as the senate is holding a hearing on the threat of domestic terrorism, and lawmakers are still talking, trying to find common ground on something to combat the gun violence epidemic in the country. this morning, a teacher who survived the elementary school massacre in uvalde is speaking publicly for the first time. every single one of his students in his class were killed. >> i lost 11...

Capitol and bragging about storming the capitol. two people have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy. and they include the founder and leader of the oath keepers who founded the group in 2009. elmer stewart rose iii has been found guilty of the most serious charge, seditious conspiracy. he is joined by kelly meggs. that charge is a charge that the jury had to take quite a while to look at because of the seriousness of the charge which is, trying to stop the peaceful transfer of presidentia...

Were, theyre all veterans. they had a certain kind of training as well that im sure the jury looked at and it was certainly mention in the court. we found several other charges. seditious conspiracy was the first conspiracy charge but there were others, including conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding. . in case, kelly meggs, one of the lieutenants, was found guilty. but rhodes was not found guilty of that particular charge. neither were the other defendants, the other three that i mentio...

Rhodes and leader of the florida chapter of the far-right group kelly meggs found guilty with the january 6, 2020 attack on the capitol. the seditious charge carries maximum of 20 years in prison. rhodes attorney said they plan to appeal the conviction. the notice serious case to grow out of the justice departments sprawling investigation into the u.s. capitol insurrection. the trial lasted eight weeks with the jury deliberating for three days. three other members of the group were found not gui...

Together in that way. its good to see you. joining me for more on this is legal analyst jennifer rogers, former federal prosecutor. lets talk about the seditious charge. >> its opposed to the conspiracy charges that have already been brought. it requires that they try to overthrow the government or interfere with the workings of government by force. so by force is the key phrase here. youre not just talking about perhaps the plot to put in the fake electors or to -- these other schemes that happ...

The unsealed indictment of the oath keepers founder stewart rhodes with seditious conspiracy. thats a big deal. >> yes, bret. we talked about the oath keepers in the past. it was clear when we watched that unfold there was a hard core group that came prepared. they had dangerous items and dangerous intentions. and this is that indictment that has finally come down. but out of over 700 people indicted, thousands investigated, there really is only 11 thus far that have been tagged with this sort o...