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There are a ton of signals where road says he's got to invoke the Insurrection Act,

but if he doesn't, we'll act.

Or he says if he doesn't, there will be a bloody, even more bloody civil war or revolution.

The trouble with that, to me, is that it sounds more like a vague prediction or a threat than a plan.

I'm Benjamin Widis and this is the LawFair podcast, November 7, 2022.

The government has rested its case in chief in the criminal seditious conspiracy trial of Elmer Stewart roads the third and several other members of the Oath Keepers.

The trial has been going on for the last several weeks and our own Roger Parloff LawFair senior editor has been in court every day, keeping us up to date.

We thought the end of the government's case would be a good opportunity for a larger check-in, so Roger joined me in the virtual jungle studio to talk through it all.

Who has the government put on the stand? What parts of the government's case has it proved and what parts are a little bit dodgy?

What can we expect as the defense presents its case, which began on Thursday?

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