Happening now breaking news the most serious charges yet in the Capitol Ryan

investigation the leader of the far right group the oath keepers is

arrested and accused of seditious conspiracy along with 10 other

defendants. Also tonight House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy dodges and

deflects about his refusal to cooperate with the January 6th select committee.

McCarthy attempting to rewrite history about his communications with and comments about

Donald Trump.

And President Biden is facing significant new defeats tonight. Voting rights legislation

appears doomed to the Senate even after he made a personal appeal up on Capitol Hill.

And the U.S. Supreme Court just blocked his vaccine or test

rule for big businesses. I'll get reaction to the ruling from the Surgeon

General of the United States, Dr Vivake Berthy. We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States and

around the world. I'm Wolf Blitzer. You're in the situation room. This is CNN breaking news.

And we begin with the breaking news.

The leader of the oathkeepers and ten others now charged with seditious conspiracy related to the

attack on the U.S. Capitol.

CNN's Paul O'Reed has details on this unprecedented step in the U.S. Justice Department's investigation. an

and step in the U.S. Justice Department's investigation.

The Justice Department today escalating its efforts to prosecute those responsible for January 6th,

charging Oathkeeper's leader, Stuart Rhodes, along with 10 others, with

seditious conspiracy related to the attack on the Capitol.

It's the first time federal prosecutors have used the sedition charge after bringing more than 700 cases related to the insurrection

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