Oath Keepers Joseph Hackett, David Moerschel, Roberto Minuta and Edward Vallejo on Monday were found guilty of seditious conspiracy.
Four more members of the far-right extremist group Oath Keepers have been convicted of sedition charges for plotting to violently overturn President Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential election victory over former President Donald Trump.
A jury in Washington, D.C., on Monday found Oath Keepers members Joseph Hackett, David Moerschel, Roberto Minuta and Edward Vallejo guilty of seditious conspiracy, a rarely used charge that carries a prison sentence of up to 20 years. The convictions come almost two months after Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and member Kelly Meggs were found guilty of the same crime.
United States Code defines „seditious conspiracy“ as two or more people attempting to „overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States or to levy war against them.“
In addition, the charge applies to those who use force to „prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States,“ or to „seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof.
