Prosecutors and defense rest in Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial, wrapping up a seven-week effort to argue whether five alleged members of the far-right militia plotted to stop Joe Biden from assuming the presidency.
For five weeks, prosecutors showed the Washington, DC, jury hundreds of text messages, recordings and videos of the five defendants, brought seized assault rifles into the courtroom, and told the jury about the depths of the militia movement in the wake of the 2020 election. Defense attorneys rebutted that argument by saying their clients said outlandish things, but never acted violently and never had a concrete plan to storm the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. All five have pleaded not guilty.
Prosecutor Alexandra Hughes said that Watkins’ testimony Wednesday contradicted an interview she gave the FBI just two months after the riot. On the stand, for example, Watkins testified that entering the Capitol was a spur of the moment decision, while in the March 2021 FBI interview she allegedly claimed that she “knew exactly what was going to happen” and that the crowd “had the necessary amount of people to force in if needed.
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