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Prosecutors argued the Oath Keepers on trial worked with other members of the militia group to storm the Capitol and stop the election certification.
While several members of the fascist militia group, including founder Stewart Rhodes, have been found guilty of plotting to keep Trump in power, the former president has yet to be charged more than two years after his failed coup.
Joseph Hackett, 52, was convicted of seditious conspiracy and four other charges Monday. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 year in prison.
The verdict marks the end of the second major sedition trial against members of the extremist group, who were among the hundreds who attacked the Capitol in 2021.
Four members of the Oath Keepers were convicted Monday of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack in the second major trial of far-right extremists accused of plotting to forcibly keep President Donald Trump in power.