Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers militia, has been convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in the Capitol.
He told The Washington Times that his case is a harbinger of what the Justice Department has in store for former President Donald Trump.
The former Army paratrooper and Yale Law School graduate turned militia leader warned that his conviction on the rare Civil War-era trumped-up charge had set an ominous precedent that should alarm conservatives.
“Their success in my trial is paving the way for them to keep rolling through other people building up to Trump,” Rhodes told The Washington Times. “It was a warmup for what they’re going to do. That’s what that was: a political show trial.”
“Seditious conspiracy now is the most dangerous weapon that the deep state and the establishment have to use against dissent,” Rhodes said. “There’s no requirement, no element of that charge that includes an act in furtherance of a conspiracy.
“It wipes out the free speech of the American people,” he said. “If it is used against anyone, the jury will be free to use their speech against them in a criminal proceeding.”
“They’re going to do the exact same thing to President Trump,” Rhodes said. “That’s my prediction. They’re going to prosecute Trump.”
Seditious conspiracy is defined as two or more people conspiring to “overthrow, put down, or destroy by force” the U.S. government. The charge also applies to those attempting to “levy war” against the government or “oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law.”
That is a complete fraud, especially when you consider the communist anarchists of Antifa and Black Lives Matter are actually trying to overturn the government, and the J6 rallygoers are trying to preserve it.
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Seditious Conspiracy will be struck down by the Supreme Court if they try to apply it to a President, and Trump has the resources to take his case there. That is why they will not actually take President Trump into Court. President Trump was the Government. Those who acted to hinder his agenda in Law Enforcement (illegal use of government force) were the ones who committed Seditious Conspiracy and Treason. Since Nancy Pelosi refused reasonable security for the Capitol, was she complicit in what is now looking like the False Flag Black Op that took place?
Has anyone noticed that the J6 Committee has officially rescinded its “request” for President Trump to appear in front of the Committee. As an equal partner in Government, the Congress can not compel a President to appear. it can only request. The Congress does not want the issue of a Previous President being called in front of Congress to go to the Supreme Court because the Court would rule in favor of the President and possibly extend other protections to a President from Congress being a Monday Morning Quarter Back!
If Stewart Rhodes brings his case to the Supreme Court he will prevail – at least in this SCOTUS. Seditious Conspiracy requires the Use of Substantial Force against the Government. If this were not true the Government could claim any protest that turned into a riot as Seditious Conspiracy and that would make the 1st Amendment null and void. In the case of J6, people peaceably assembled, they didn’t march in an armed military column on the Capitol. Seditious Conspiracy requires a well planned and significant action against the Government, like burning the Capitol to the Ground! Seditious Conspiracy is not an unruly protest. If these cases were tried in the Heartland of America, not one person would be convicted. This only happens in Government Kangaroo Courts. This shows us how out of touch the Beltway is with the Nation!
DC could use a permanent earthquake.
A large Thermonuclear device would be better! Then we could move the Capital to Lebanon, Kansas and place a 50 mile buffer zone around the New Capital it to keep the lobbyists and advocacy group rift raft out.