therefore he took his seat as a u.s. senator. and then in his first term as a u.s. senator, the u.s. justice department brought the largest mass sedition indictment in u.s. history against 29 definites charged with undermines the armed forces of the united states, seeking to overthrow the u.s. government by forceful taking support from the hitler government in germany to do so. that case, that sedition case itself was astonishing and it took a whole bunch of amazing twists and turns. when that indictment was brought in federal court in washington, the loudest and most outspoken champion of those defendants, the biggest defender, the loudest ally was senator william langer. the guy from north dakota who himself had tried to overthrow the government by force, who himself had mounted an armed stand-off to defy the rule of law. who was nevertheless supported by his fellow republicans and brought up to washington. what could possibly go wrong?
when that indictment was brought in federal court in washington, the loudest and most outspoken champion of those defendants, the biggest defender, the loudest ally was senator william langer.es the guy from north dakota who himself had tried to overthrow the government by force, who himself had mounted an armed stand-off to defy the rule of law. who was nevertheless supported by his fellow republicans and brought up to washington. what could possibly go wrong? the the story of this forgotten senator, william langer, and the accused seditionists he so loudly supported in washington. that is part of my new podcast that just launched today. it is the story of members of congress who are implicated in some terrible stuff. senators and members of the house, and when the justice department tried to act in the courts, when the justice
in the whole state to be their nominee for the united states senate. as long as i m in the senate, i ll be there battling for north dakota and for the united states of america. i ll be battling for the united states of america. except when i m battling to get rid of the united states of america so i can stay in power by force. just an amazing tale, right? mostly forgotten but an amazing tale. and yes. here today in 2022, it is bananas that the republican party is nominating the yay for the unabomber guy and all the rest of these guys. but i find it comforting, sort of energizing to know that this is not our first go-around with people you can t believe are anywhere near real power. we have contended with problems like this in the past. when north dakota s william