OA656: Oath Keepers Found Guilty of Sedition!

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🗓️ 5 December 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Wow it's almost like there really was an armed coup on January 6th on our nation's Capital. Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Megs have been found guilty of sedition. But when it comes to their sentencing... it's actually not very clear how much time they will do. That's because there really isn't much precedent for this. Andrew has the breakdown!
Before that, though, we have a follow-up on the music episode. We share further thoughts inspired by some of the response we got. And we got a lot...

Links: 18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy, 18 U.S. Code § 3553 - Imposition of a sentence, Sentencing_Table.pdf, trump-lawyers-sanctioned.pdf, Trump sanctions stayed?

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0:00.0	You're human, barely. I'm a lawyer.
0:18.4	I know a lot about the lawn, various other loyarrings. I'm well-educated, well-versed.
0:24.4	It's a thorny legal issue, alright. I'll need to refer to the case of Finders vs. Keepers.
0:31.4	Isn't it true that you have been paid for your testimony? Yes, you gave me a dollar and some candy.
0:38.4	And you have been said, well, I told you to say, how can any of us trust you?
0:43.4	How can you be so sure? Because I was saying to myself, where could he be going?
0:48.4	Five to seven with that sawdust shop, but...
0:53.4	Welcome to Opening Arguments, a podcast that pairs a comedian with a real-life lawyer.
0:59.4	This podcast is sponsored by the law offices of P. Andrew Torres, LLC for entertainment purposes.
1:04.4	It's not intended as legal advice and does not form an attorney-client relationship.
1:08.4	Don't take legal advice from a podcast.
1:17.4	Hello and welcome to Opening Arguments. This is episode 656.
1:20.4	I'm Thomas. I'm just a guy, I guess. And that's Andrew Torres. He's a super-cool lawyer who knows everything. How you doing, Andrew?
1:27.4	Thomas is just this guy, you know? How you doing? I'm doing well. How are you feeling?
1:34.4	I'm good. I'm loving the new format we have. I'm able to put, like, usually when I say,
1:41.4	I'm going to talk about, like, revisiting stories and talking about Trump and it's like, there are 11 things.
1:46.4	And you're like, all right, I'm not going to get one. This has been Cartblock or whatever you say on bullet points for Andrew.
1:55.4	I've previously given him a little bit of crap about, hey, that's a 14 pages of bullet points that you think you can get to in 45 minutes.
2:04.4	I'm a little skeptical of that, Andrew. I'm not sure. Now it's just over. Do it with a new format.
2:10.4	Bullet points are coming out of my ears. It's every bullet point. So I have plenty to talk about. And then I also wanted to do a
2:16.4	mini little update on the music episode as a result of some of the response we got.
2:21.4	Well, let's, why don't we hit that one first?
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