alleged members of the oath keepers, including its founder, for their role in the attack on the capitol on january 6, 2021. over the last month, the justice department presented witness testimony and shocking videos and damning text messages and more, all of it evidence that prosecutors say proves the five defendants attempted to carry out a coordinated conspiracy to stop the legal and lawful transfer of presidential power and keep donald trump in the white house. now, why is this case so different than the hundreds of cases facing alleged rioters. two words, seditious conspiracy. that s a rare charge. it s one that was put on the books around the time of the u.s. civil war when the confederacy declared war on the u.s. government. it s a charge reserved for only the gravest of threats to the u.s. government. and these five alleged oath keepers are the first to stand trial for this accusation in more than a decade. to really understand this case, you ve got to first understand
doth protest too much. i know you did not. what? i never had tiktok but i was up on the tiktok so i was looking at it and would see it but i never did anything with it. i don t feel that bad any longer if it s going to be going away any time soon. it s kind of dumb because i just feel like everybody s surveilling me on my phone now anyway. that s why the whole thing about chips and the vaccines is so stupid. bill gates doesn t need to put chips in your body. all these people follow you around on your phone. that said national security people kept saying delete it, delete it, so i deleted it. if jake has a feeling that lots of people are watching him it s because it s true. nice, very nice. but i don t know, jake, you re thrusting me into a moral conundrum as usual because maybe now i should do that. i m not telling what to do. i just want to explain to everyone watching why i say you can no longer follow me on the tiktok because i don t gots the tiktok no more.
our coverage now continues now with luminous laura coates and alisyn camerota. i did it and i did it because national security experts kept coming on the show and saying, delete the tiktok, the communist chinese government controls it, they have access to everything, so i did. we will you be lit sinking and dancing tomorrow? i don t do that, i never did that anyway. oh, me thinks the lady doth protest too much. just kidding, i know you did not. i was looking at it and would see it but i never actually did anything with it. i don t feel that badly any longer if it s going to be going away anytime soon. it s kind of dumb because i just feel like everyone is surveilling me on my phone now anyway, that s why the whole think about ships in the vaccine is so stupid. bill gates does not need to put chips in your body. all these people follow you around on your phone. but that said, national security people kept saying, deleted, deleted, to delete it. so, i deleted it.
jubilant. you re not jubilant, jake. i like that. nor jocular nor jaded. you see jocular when jimmy kimmel was cracking you up. that was great. he s funny. anyway, great to see you guys. have a great show. i ll get my luminous self over here. all right, keep it up, laura. good evening, everybody. i m allison cam rata in new york. and i m laura coates in washington, d.c. and this is cnn tonight on a night when the president of the united states lays out his closing arguments with the mid-terms just merely days away. he s warning that election deniers could lead the country down to what he calls a path to chaos, and he insists that democracy is indeed on the ballot. we re back to having an election where things that he s warning about may actually turn out to be true. so i wonder what happens if it does, alison? nothing good, laura. nothing good as we ve seen already in the past. plus in these final days of the campaign herschel walker is going after barack ob
i just want to explain to everyone watching why i say you can no longer follow me on the tiktok because i don t gots the tiktok no more. and you ve also lost the queens english i see. i do whatever you do, so i guess by the end of this show i might do that, too. by awesome, ladies. see you later and good evening, everyone. i m laura coates in washington. and i m alisyn cam rata in new york. this is cnn tonight. political hitters like president biden to donald trump they re all out on the campaign trail as we speak tonight and election deniers they re also out there, too. senator ron johnson says he will not commit to accepting the results of his own race. he says he wants to see how it all plays out. i mean is it 2020 all over again, alisyn? it s never stopped being 2020, unfortunately. plus in a moment, laura, i m going to introduce transportation secretary pete