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Rhodes has been found guilty of plotting to stop US President Joe Biden from taking office after the 2020 election. A jury found Rhodes guilty of the rare charge of seditious conspiracy following a two-month trial. Rhodes plotted an armed rebellion to stop the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Mr Biden, prosecutors said.
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seditious conspiracy charge is a rare one, and this is the first conviction of such a charge since 1995. The event that led to the founding of the Oath Keepers by Rhodes occurred in 1954 when four nationalists from Puerto Rico fired shots onto the floor of the House of Representatives, wounding several lawmakers.
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who prosecutors say acted a “battlefield general” during the riot, was also found guilty of tampering with documents or proceedings. Officials argued that Rhodes stashed dozens of weapons in a hotel room in Virginia, just across the Potomac River from Washington DC, and planned to bring them into the city in the event of mass civil disorder.
