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Nov 15, 2022 · Thomas Caldwell, a 68-year-old Navy veteran, is the second defendant to testify in his own defense during the Oath Keepers trial and allegedly sent some of the most violence-laced messages ...
Sep 19, 2023 · FILE - Thomas Caldwell departs the Federal Courthouse following a verdict in the Oath Keepers trial in Washington, Nov. 29, 2022. A Federal judge on Tuesday rejected a defense effort to throw out the jury’s guilty verdict against Caldwell, who was convicted in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack last November alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes.
Sep 19, 2023 · Thomas Caldwell, a defendant charged with seditious conspiracy in his connection to the January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, leaves a courthouse on November 29, 2022, in Washington.
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May 25, 2023 · Rhodes and Meggs were put on trial alongside Jessica Watkins, Kenneth Harrelson and Thomas Caldwell, fellow Oath Keepers who were convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding and aiding and ...
- What Is Seditious Conspiracy?
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- 'Bloody Revolution'
- Who Are The Other Defendants
The rarely-used seditious conspiracy statute was signed into law following the Civil War with the aim of prosecuting Southerners who may still want to fight against the government. In the Oath Keepers trial, the defendants were not charged with seeking to overthrow the U.S. government -- rather, prosecutors argued their conduct fell within the port...
Jurors had to weigh dozens of charges at trial and found each of the five defendants guilty of some crimes and not guilty of others. In addition to seditious conspiracy, Rhodes was also found guilty of obstruction of an official proceeding and of tampering with documents/aiding and abetting. He was found not guilty of conspiracy to obstruct an offi...
Rhodes, who founded the anti-government Oath Keepers in 2009, sent increasingly frantic messages to members of the group following the 2020 election about their need to be prepared to prevent Biden from taking office. Using a massive and sometime strikingly candid cache of phone records, messages and recordings as evidence, prosecutors attempted to...
Watkins is a veteran and former EMT who was running a bar in Ohio around the time of Jan. 6 and had started a militia group of her own before joining with the Oath Keepers. Watkins' fiancé, Montana Siniff, testified on her behalf as the first witness called by the defense. Siniff testified that he and Watkins had met at a comic book shop in 2015. W...
Jan 23, 2023 · Three additional defendants from the first trial — Jessica Watkins, Kenneth Harrelson and Thomas Caldwell — were acquitted of seditious conspiracy but convicted on other felony charges ...
Nov 29, 2022 · Rhodes and Thomas Caldwell were on Capitol grounds on Jan. 6, 2021, but did not go inside. Alex Kent / Shutterstock Opening statements in the trial began Oct. 3 , and the jury started deliberating ...
