Happening now breaking news, the leader of the far right oathkeepers was just

found guilty of seditious conspiracy for his role in the events of January 6th

and the efforts to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential

power. We are breaking down this rare and powerful verdict what it means for

the Justice Department's broader investigation of the insurrection.

Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world.

Wolflitzer is off today.

I'm Brianna Keeler, and you're in the situation room. Let's get right to our big breaking story, the leader of the oathkeeper, Stuart Rhodes,

convicted on the very serious and rare charge of seditious conspiracy.

CNN's senior national correspondent, Sarah Sidner, is outside of the courthouse here in Washington, D.C.

Sarah, this is a historic verdict. Tell us about how big of a win this is for the Justice

Department and really the precedent that it sets.

Yeah, there is no doubt. and really the precedent that it sets.

Yeah, there is no doubt.

This is a very important moment in history for the Justice Department in particular,

but for justice in this country. This was a case that was the first trial of a seditious

conspiracy trial to be brought. And so this is sort of the government's attempt at trying to, as they see it,

get justice for what happened on January 6th. And who they went after is this group of people who are part of a militia known as the

oathkeepers a far right group who used to say that they were you sort of

anti-government but then when Donald Trump came into power they started

backing Donald Trump and wanting Donald Trump to continue to hold on to power

even after the election of 2020 said he did not win the election. So here's what we have. The government has

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