High-profile Jan. 6 trial begins for accused Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes on rare Civil War-era charge
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Jury selection kicked off in the DC trial against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates on the rare Civil War-era charge of seditious conspiracy over the Jan. 6 riot.
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Seditious conspiracy can be difficult to prove, and the last guilty trial verdict was nearly 30 years ago.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Tuesday denied Rhodes’ defense attorney's latest bid to move the trial out of Washington, acknowledging that no juries have acquitted Jan. 6 defendants so far, but adding that doesn't tell him about "bias or inherent bias of jurors in the District of Columbia."
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