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The NPR Politics Podcast

Jan. 6 Militia Leader Convicted Of Seditious Conspiracy

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Daily News, News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

A jury in Washington, D.C., has convicted former Proud Boys chairman Enrique Tarrio and three others of seditious conspiracy, handing the Justice Department a key victory in its Jan. 6 probe.

And as the country continues to add jobs and boost wages, why do Americans think the country is in a recession?

This episode: White House correspondent Asma Khalid, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, national justice correspondent Carrie Johnson, and chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley.

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Caitlin and Albuquerque, New Mexico.

0:03.0

I've just taken my last final at the University of New Mexico School of Law,

0:07.0

and I'm about to graduate and get married to the love of my life all in the same week.

0:12.0

Congratulations!

0:13.0

This podcast I was recorded that.

0:14.0

10.42 a.m. Eastern time on Friday, May 5th of 2023.

0:19.0

Things may have changed for the time you hear it.

0:22.0

Okay, here's the show.

0:26.0

Two milestones.

0:27.0

Congratulations!

0:28.0

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics Podcast.

0:30.0

I must m'halle it, I cover the White House.

0:33.0

I'm Carrie Johnson, National Justice Correspondent.

0:36.0

And I'm Mara Liason, National Political Correspondent.

0:39.0

And we are going to begin today's show with news of a big verdict in connection to the

0:44.0

January 6th riot at the U.S. Capitol.

0:46.0

Four members of the self-styled militia group called the Proud Boys,

0:50.0

including the group's former chairman and reggae tario,

0:53.0

have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy and carry on with the

0:56.0

conspiracy and carry, you have been covering this story from the start.

1:00.0

So let's begin with kind of a basic question here, but I think it's very important.

1:04.0

Seditious conspiracy.

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