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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes found guilty of seditious conspiracy

Stewart Rhodes, seen in Montana in 2016.
Stewart Rhodes, seen in Montana in 2016. Photograph: Jim Urquhart/Reuters

Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the rightwing Oath Keepers militia, has been found guilty of seditious conspiracy, a charge arising from the January 6 attack on the US Capitol by supporters of Donald Trump.

With the verdicts on Tuesday, Rhodes and his co-defendant Kelly Meggs became the first people in nearly three decades to be found guilty of the rarely used, civil war-era charge at trial.

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