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Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes has been found guilty of seditious conspiracy following a two-month trial. He plotted an armed rebellion to stop the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden, prosecutors said. Four more members of the group were on trial with him related to the Capitol riot on 6 January 2021.
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jury found Rhodes guilty of the rare charge of seditious conspiracy on Tuesday. Both Rhodes and Meggs now face a maximum 20 year sentence on the charges. Three of the group members – Harrelson, Watkins and Caldwell – were found not guilty of seditious conspiracy. All five of the group members were found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding.
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order to be convicted of seditious conspiracy, prosecutors must prove that two or more people conspired to “overthrow, put down or to destroy by force” the US government, or that they planned to use force to oppose US authority. 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.
