.MaddowBlog: In at least one instance, the DOJ pressed a Jan. 6 criminal on a possible 'organized conspiracy' involving former President Trump.
Over the course of the last year, several hundred people have been charged with crimes related to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Practically all of them have something in common: They're relatively unknown, low-level figures who responded to Donald Trump's dangerous call.Stewart Rhodes, the founder of a far-right militia group called the Oath Keepers, with"seditious conspiracy.
,"The Justice Department remains committed to holding all January 6th perpetrators, at any level, accountable under law — whether they were present that day or were otherwise criminally responsible for the assault on our democracy."For months, the Justice Department has provided little public indication of whether, or how seriously, it is investigating the role played by former President Donald J. Trump in the violent attack on the Capitol last Jan. 6.
A few months ago, Straka pleaded guilty to charges of disorderly conduct and acknowledged playing a role in a confrontation with a police officer during the riot. The accused later cooperated with prosecutors, who recommended a four-month home-detention sentence. Or put another way, in at least one instance, the Justice Department pressed a Jan. 6 criminal on a possible"organized conspiracy" involving the former president and those who rioted in his name.