（美国有线电视新闻网）司法部已指控 11 名被告犯有与 2021 年 1 月 6 日国会大厦袭击有关的煽动阴谋，其中包括宣誓者领袖斯图尔特罗德斯。
新的起诉书由大陪审团于周三发布并于周四公布，指控罗德斯和他的同谋共谋“反对以武力合法移交总统权力，通过武力阻止、阻碍或拖延执行有关权力移交的法律。”
最新的法庭文件显示，1 月被捕的宣誓人托马斯·考德威尔声称在 1 月 6 日之前前往华盛顿特区进行侦察。起诉书还显示了此前不为人知的通讯，据称罗兹曾发送这些通讯，检察官称这些通讯鼓励了使用武力反对合法移交权力。
据称，罗德斯在 2020 年 11 月 5 日的信号信息中说：“没有内战，我们不会经历这一切。为时已晚。准备好你的思想、身体和精神。”去年 12 月，根据起诉书，罗德斯在谈到选举团认证时写道：“没有标准的政治或法律途径可以解决这个问题。”
检察官此前曾表示，罗德斯在袭击期间使用 Signal 与在国会大厦的其他守誓者成员进行交流。
据称，罗德斯写道：“我看到特朗普所做的只是抱怨。我认为他没有做任何事情的意图。” “所以爱国者正在把它掌握在自己手中。他们已经受够了，”据称他在下午 1 点 38 分在 Signal 上说。那天，围攻开始后不久。
此外，起诉书称，来自三个不同州的誓言守护者，包括新被指控的爱德华·瓦列霍，在弗吉尼亚州的一家酒店藏匿武器，作为快速反应部队的一部分。
这些指控标志着司法部 1 月 6 日的调查发生了巨大变化。司法部长梅里克加兰上周在纪念国会大厦袭击事件的演讲中表示，该部门“致力于追究所有 1 月 6 日的肇事者，无论其在任何级别，无论他们当天在场还是对袭击负有刑事责任。关于我们的民主。”
直到现在，司法部一直小心翼翼地不推动煽动叛乱的想法，而是指控与右翼团体有关联的被告共谋阻挠国会 1 月 6 日的程序。煽动性共谋指控与阻挠指控具有相同的可能后果，但很少使用，带有政治色彩，而且司法部过去很难成功地使用它来对付被告。
此前，一些拜登政府官员认为，使用煽动叛乱罪名可能会使司法部对国会大厦袭击者的起诉政治化，而在前首席检察官迈克尔舍温在哥伦比亚广播公司的“60分钟”节目中表示他认为存在煽动性阴谋后，司法部就退缩了。可以收费。
罗德斯也对众议院 1 月 6 日的调查感兴趣，该调查于 11 月向他和他的组织发出传票，要求他作证并提供与当天事件有关的文件。
美国有线电视新闻网在 7 月报道说，罗德斯自愿接受了联邦调查局的采访，调查人员没收了他的手机。他否认所有不当行为。
拯救我们的国家。因为如果你们不这样做，你们将陷入一场血腥、血腥的内战和一场血腥的——你可以称之为起义，或者你可以称之为战争或战斗。”
罗德斯的律师乔纳森·莫斯利证实了逮捕。
Oath Keepers leader and 10 others charged with 'seditious conspiracy' related to US Capitol attack
(CNN)The Justice Department has charged 11 defendants with seditious conspiracy related to the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, including the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes.
The new indictment, handed down by a grand jury on Wednesday and made public Thursday, alleges that Rhodes and his co-conspirators engaged in a conspiracy to "oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force, by preventing, hindering, or delaying by force execution of laws governing the transfer of power."
The latest court filings revealed that Oath Keeper Thomas Caldwell, who was arrested in January, claimed to take a reconnaissance trip to Washington, DC, before January 6. The indictment also surfaces previously unknown communications Rhodes is alleged to have sent that prosecutors say encouraged the use of force to oppose the lawful transfer of power.
"We aren't going through this without civil war. Too late for that. Prepare your mind, body and spirit," Rhodes allegedly said in a November 5, 2020, signal message. In December, Rhodes -- according to the indictment -- wrote of the electoral college certification that "There is no standard political or legal way out of this."
Prosecutors have previously said that Rhodes used Signal during the attack to communicate with other members of the Oath Keepers who were at the Capitol.
"All I see Trump doing is complaining. I see no intent by him to do anything," Rhodes allegedly wrote. "So the patriots are taking it into their own hands. They've had enough," he allegedly said on Signal at 1:38 p.m. that day, shortly after the siege had begun.
Additionally, the indictment says that that Oath Keepers from three different states, including newly charged Edward Vallejo, stashed weapons in a Virginia hotel as part of a quick reaction force.
The charges mark a dramatic change in the Justice Department's January 6 probe. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a speech last week commemorating the Capitol attack that the department was "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."
The Justice Department until now had been careful not to push the idea of sedition, instead charging defendants affiliated with right-wing groups with conspiracy to obstruct the congressional proceeding on January 6. The seditious conspiracy charge carries the same possible consequence as an obstruction charge, but is rarely used, politically loaded and has been difficult for the Justice Department to use successfully against defendants in the past.
Previously, some Biden administration officials believed using the sedition charge could politicize the Justice Department's prosecution of the Capitol attackers, and the department recoiled after the former top prosecutor over the investigation, Michael Sherwin, said on CBS' "60 Minutes" he believed seditious conspiracy could be charged.
Rhodes has also been of interest to the House's January 6 investigation, which issued subpoenas in November for him and his organization for a deposition and documents related to the events of that day.
CNN reported in July that Rhodes gave a voluntary interview to the FBI and that investigators seized his cell phone. He has denied all wrongdoing.
According to previous court filings submitted by the Justice Department in other cases, Rhodes said at a November 2020 online meeting, "We're going to defend the president, the duly elected president, and we call on him to do what needs to be done to save our country. Because if you don't guys, you're going to be in a bloody, bloody civil war and a bloody -- you can call it an insurrection, or you can call it a war or fight."
Rhodes' lawyer, Jonathan Moseley, confirmed the arrest.
