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was injured at the capitol after an altercation involving proud boys members. this comes as the doj just announced the most serious criminal charges so far in its ongoing investigation of the capitol attack. it is indicted the head of the proud boys enrique tarrio and four others with seditious conspiracy. they are accused of working together to intimidate members of congress and law enforcement on january 6th, prompting them to flee. trying to prevent congress from performing its official duties of certifying joe biden s presidential victory. joining us now, cnn senior crime and justice reporter katelyn polantz and legal analyst elie williams. seditious conspiracy, that s significant. it is. it is a new charge, it is a more ambitious charge, jim. these are five leaders that are charged in this case, five leaders of the proud boys that we heard of before. these guys have been charged previously with conspiracy, to obstruct the january 6th certification of the electi ....
Obstruct the january 6th certification of the election. and enrique tarrio and the four others now are facing this additional rewritten charge, seditious conspiracy. what changed from what we knew before? well, the justice department in recent weeks added a cooperator against the proud boys, someone that was part of the leadership group with these other men. and we also are seeing prosecutors rewriting the seditious charge adding a little bit more detail, not a lot, but a little bit in this case. the one thing that is really separating a conspiracy charge from a seditious conspiracy charge is that in seditious conspiracy, the language is about overthrowing the federal government, and in this particular case tarrio is accused now of texting with others about watching how the january 6th meeting or the recession of the senate out of the chamber saying let s see how this plays out, whether they meet again and prosecutors are ....