The law dates back to the Civil War and the crime it describes is as serious as it

gets, conspiring two among other things, overthrow or destroy by force the government of the

United States.

John Berman here in Foranterson.

Tonight for the first time since 1995, a jury has returned guilty verdicts on the charge

of seditious conspiracy against some of the leaders of the so-called oath keepers for

their roles in the January 6th attack on the Capitol.

CNN Sarah Sidener is live outside the federal court in Washington with the verdicts rendered

and the history made Sarah what more can you tell us?

There is no way to overstate just how important and historic this trial was.

This is the very first trial in which several defendants were accused of seditious conspiracy

and now the jury has spoken.

Two of the people on trial, members of the oath keepers militia, which is a far right

militia group who is here on January 6th, who you saw video of and the world saw video

of wearing military combat gear and a military sack walking up the steps of the Capitol is just

to my left and some of them going into the Capitol and bragging about storming the Capitol.

Two people have been found guilty of seditious conspiracy and they include the founder and

leader of the oath keepers who founded the group in 2009, Elmer Stewart rose the third,

has been found guilty of the most serious charge in this case seditious conspiracy.

He is joined by Kelly Megs, one of his lieutenants who was also found guilty of seditious conspiracy.

That charge is a charge that the jury had to take quite a while to look at because of

the seriousness of the charge, which is trying to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential

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