“SEDITIOUS CONSPIRACY IS A FEDERAL CHARGE PUNISHABLE BY UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON, AND LAW EXPERTS BELIEVE THE CHARGE FITS CAPITOL RIOTERS.”
“The mob that stormed the Capitol consisted of some of Trump’s longtime and most fervent supporters, coming from across the United States. The mob included Republican Party officials and political donors, far-right militants, white supremacists and conservative evangelical Christians. Some individuals came heavily armed. Included in the group were some convicted criminals, including a man who had been released from a Florida prison after serving a sentence for attempted murder. Supporters of the boogaloo movement, the Traditionalist Worker Party, the Three Percenters, the Proud Boys, the Oath Keepers, QAnon, the Groyper Army, and national-anarchism, as well as neo-Confederates and Holocaust deniers, among others, were present during the riot, with some wearing emblematic gear. Neo-Nazi and Völkisch-inspired neopagan apparel was also worn by some participants during the riots, including a shirt emblazoned with references to the Auschwitz–Birkenau concentration camp and its motto, Arbeit macht frei (German for ‘work makes you free’). Christian imagery, including a large ‘Jesus saves’ banner, was seen in the crowd of demonstrators.”



“Elizabeth Rose Williams, a Kerrville, Texas resident, and her boyfriend, Bradley Stuart Bennett, were arrested last week for violent entry and disorderly conduct and knowingly entering a restricted building. In a newly unsealed criminal complaint, prosecutors allege the pair were seen on video wandering around the Crypt and the Senate Chamber gallery as thousands of MAGA rioters stormed the Capitol.”



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