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Capitol riot sedition trial under way for Oath Keepers leader

Edward Tarpley, attorney for Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, leaves the federal courthouse on the first day of jury selection for Rhodes' trial in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022. © Manuel Balce Ceneta, AP

Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of the founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy, one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Amid complaints by attorneys for Stewart Rhodes and the others that they can't get a fair jury in Washington, the judge began winnowing the pool of potential jurors who will decide the fate of the first Jan. 6 defendants to stand trial on the rare Civil War-era charge.

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