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Trump administration moves to erase Jan. 6 riot convictions for seditious conspiracy : NPR

Trump administration moves to erase Jan. 6 riot convictions for seditious conspiracy : NPR

President Trump did not grant Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group, a full pardon when he returned to office. Now, the Trump administration is seeking to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions for several defendants, including Rhodes. Heather Diehl/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Heather Diehl/Getty Images In the latest move to rewrite the history of the violent Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Department of Justice has filed papers seeking to vacate the seditious conspiracy convictions against members of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers extremist groups, who previously received commutations rather than full pardons from President Trump. About a dozen defendants who received lengthy sentences for their roles in planning and executing the riot were released from prison once Trump returned to office, though the felony convictions remained on their records. If approved by the federal courts, the move would wipe out those convictions and, among other things, restore the defendants’ right to own guns. On Tuesday, the Trump administration described the decision in court filings as …

Grand jury declines to indict Kelly, Slotkin for seditious conspiracy

Grand jury declines to indict Kelly, Slotkin for seditious conspiracy

A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., declined a request by prosecutors to indict two Democratic U.S. senators, Mark Kelly of Arizona and Michigan’s Elissa Slotkin, on charges of seditious conspiracy, MS Now reported Tuesday night. The attempted indictment of Kelly, a former U.S. Navy captain and the former CIA analyst Slotkin related to a video in November that they made with four other Democrats in Congress, on which they reminded members of the U.S. military that they have the right to refuse to follow illegal orders by superiors. The video was released on social media in response to ongoing extrajudicial killings by the U.S. military of crews of boats in the Caribbean and Pacific that allegedly were carrying narcotics. The New York Times reported that federal prosecutors also tried and failed to obtain indictments against the other four Democrats, in addition to Kelly and Slotkin. Rep. Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, who is a former Navy reservist, and Rep. Chris Deluzio of Pennsylvania, a Navy veteran, later indicated they were among the six reportedly …

Trump floats death penalty for ‘seditious’ Democrats

Trump floats death penalty for ‘seditious’ Democrats

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday (Nov 20) evoked the death penalty for Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to refuse illegal orders, calling them traitors and accusing them of “seditious behavior.” Democrats immediately slammed the “absolutely vile” threats against the six senators and representatives, who made the comments in a video posted on X on Tuesday. “This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???,” Trump said on Truth Social. He then added in a later post: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Trump also reposted a message from a user urging him to “hang them” and saying that the first US president, George Washington, would have done the same. The Democratic lawmakers all have service backgrounds and included Senator Mark Kelly, a former member of the Navy and NASA astronaut, and Senator Elissa Slotkin, who served with the CIA in Iraq. “You can refuse illegal orders,” they said in the video, accusing Trump of “pitting our uniformed military and …