Federal prosecutors urged jurors to convict members of the Oath Keepers militia for plotting to violently overthrow the U.S. government, as the first sedition trial stemming from last year's Capitol riot nears an end
An artist sketch of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who testified that it was ‘really stupid’ of members of his militia to breach the Capitol.
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