OBSTRUCTION (up to 10 years in prison)

Rhodes: Guilty
Meggs: Guilty
Watkins: Guilty
Harrelson: Guilty
Caldwell: Guilty

BOOM
#jan6th #oathkeepers

Correction up to 5 years, with possible enhancement

garunteed all to be spending time in Prison!

The finding out phase is here
#jan6th #oathkeepers

Conspiracy to prevent members of Congress from discharging their duties:
Rhodes, Meggs, Harrelson, Watkins: Guilty
Caldwell: Not guilty

#jan6th #oathkeepers

Destruction of government property:
Meggs, Harrelson, Watkins: Not guilty
(only ones charged)

Obstructing officers during a civil disorder:
Watkins: guilty

Tampering with documents or proceedings:
Rhodes, Meggs, Harrelson, Caldwell: Guilty
#jan6th #oathkeepers

Attorneys Crisp (for Watkins) and Geyer (for Harrelson) asked for their clients to be released pending sentencing. Mehta denies both.

Caldwell will not be detained because of health

#jan6th #oathkeepers

This is bad news for TFG

and a Major win for the DOJ

which will make charging TFG easier since they now have precedent and examples of those he incident

Today was a good day for Democracy and the rule of law
#jan6th #oathkeepers

They were all found Guilty of Obstructing an official proceeding. That is up to 20 years
#jan6th #oathkeepers

And that folks, is when they found out. after fucking around

Watch every #jan6th Defendant start pleading guilty now. That is the only way they are going to get any mercy.

#meme #jan6th #oathkeepers

#jan6 #oathkeepers went to olive garden after.

Last night DOJ procecuters who convicted them went to Michelin starred restaurant owned by anti-trump Chef

@Kinnison

FAFO

*chef's kiss*

@Kinnison the Ketchup must be flying in Trumpakistan tonight.

@Kinnison

[contd]

for those who do not recognize the name: stewart #rhodes founded the OATH KEEPERS which is a violent right-wing group that participated in the #capitol #riot on january 6.

https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/elmer-stewart-rhodes

i regard them as particularly important because they brought trained military experience to the event: the tip of the spear, you might say. they knew how to use #guns and to organize a #tactical #assault by a #military or #paramilitary group.

#politics #jan6 #investigation

@grapho #rhodes is also the guy who was discharged from the military due to physical disability

Then shot his eye as a firearms instructor trying to teach gun safety when he dropped his loaded firearm.

Then lost his eye because he was too lazy to take care of it

A real POS

@Kinnison

he really is.

and anyone can encounter misfortune, but he has made some really regrettable life choices, i would say.

and [on paper at least] he's not stupid! he has a law degree from yale. those regrettable life choices look all the odder when you consider how sensible or prudent one might have expected him to be.

#politics #fascism #jan6 #capitol #riot #investigation #trial #rhodes

@grapho @Kinnison

The article from his estranged (ex now, hopefully?) wife was heartbreaking. Left her to bleed out after a miscarriage on the living room floor while he locked her out of the bedroom. Her kids nursed her back to health.

I just tried to look for the link and her blog was taken down. It was horrific to read.

@ExecutiveFunction404 @Kinnison

he is loathsome. as she and the children learnt in the hardest possible way.