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The government tried nine oath keepers with seditious conspiracies. six of them were found guilty of it. all nine of them were found guilty of at least one other charge. the same charge brought against the qanon shaman. and by the, way hundreds of other jerry sixth defendants. it's actually one of the most common charges that the department of justice brought against january 6th insurrectionists overall. again, statute is technically titled tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant. the qanon shaman, and all of those hundreds of other january 6th defendants, they weren't actually being...

Of it. all nine of them were found guilty of at least one other charge. the same charge brought against the qanon shaman. and by the, way hundreds of other jerry sixth defendants. it's actually one of the most common charges that the department of justice brought against january 6th insurrectionists overall. again, statute is technically titled tampering with a witness, victim, or an informant. the qanon shaman, and all of those hundreds of other january 6th defendants, they weren't actually being accused of witness tampering. we're charged with a particular section of the statute, corruptly o...

Statute, corruptly obstructing an official proceeding, basically getting in the way of congress as it setout to certify the 2020 election by staging insurrection. all of this is relevant because today the three federal statutes listed in that target letter special counsel jack smith sent to former president trump, those statutes were described to nbc news by two attorneys with direct knowledge of the document. "the wall street journal," rolling stone, a bunch of places essentially have the same reporting. and that is one of the statutes mr. smith has informed donald trump may be indicted on ha...

Principle. barbara, what is the meaning of this ruling -- as they move forward in their investigation? >> it is really an extraordinary ruling that we have a federal judge, who is a neutral, independent arbiter of a dispute, has found he laid out the evidence, he talked about what trump and others did. he talked about their knowledge and intent. and he said it is more likely than not that they committed the crime of corruptly obstructing an official proceeding. the certification of the election. of course, context matters here. that is, this was a civil dispute. it is focused solely on the eff...

Defendants acceptance of responsibility. and they can serve both resources so that attention can properly focus on the more serious perpetrators. in complex cases, initial charges are often less severe than later charge offences. this is purposeful as investigators must methodically collect and sift through more evidence. by now though, we have charged over 325 defendants with felonies. many for assaulting officers and many for corruptly obstructing or attempting corru ptly obstructing or attempting to corruptly obstructing or attempting to obstruct an official proceeding. 20 defendants charge...