Thomas Jefferson Would Have Been Guilty of Seditious Conspiracy Today

I was reading the article below and it hit me: Thomas Jefferson would be “guilty” of seditious conspiracy based on his writings if he was alive today. He firmly believed that the Republic must be protected from tyrants if they seized control of the government. He firmly believed that it was our duty under God to rebel against tyranny.

It also hit me that people were being charged and illegally detained as political prisoners for one simple reason: they were honoring the principles of our nation’s founders. I often wondered how anyone could be charge with trespassing if they are let into the building. But that was not a consideration in these witch hunts to secure the usurpation of the Constitution.

There is also one fact that would have prevented this entire stain on our country: if only one Congressman would have gone into the Capitol on January 6th, they would have been greeted by patriots fighting for Liberty. One Congressman holding hands with one patriot would have disproved the lies of insurrection and seditious conspiracy. But not one showed the fortitude necessary to meet with the people that they supposedly represent in the “People’s House”. And their cowardice is still on full display as patriots rot in prison for defending the principles espoused by Thomas Jefferson.

David DeGerolamo

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January 6 Trials Remind Us Why We Must Abolish Seditious Conspiracy Laws

On Tuesday, a District of Columbia jury convicted Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs of seditious conspiracy in relation to the January 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol. Three other defendants were acquitted of seditious conspiracy but convicted of other felonies. Convictions of seditious conspiracy represent a political victory—not just a legal one—for those who have long insisted that the January 6 riot was no mere riot, but an organized armed rebellion of some sort. This claim has been key in the administration’s ongoing vague claim that “democracy”—however defined—is somehow “at risk.”

Yet, few of the legal proceedings arising from the Justice Department’s prosecutions of rioters have done much to forward this narrative. Out of the approximately 850 people charged with crimes of various sorts, only a small number have been charged with anything close to treason or violent insurrection. Specifically, the closest the Justice Department has come is the charge of “seditious conspiracy,” applied to eleven defendants total. So far, only two have been convicted of the charge.

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A commonsense foundation for addressing violence in the Capitol building, however, would be to simply prosecute those who engaged in actual violence and trespass. It is clear, however, that gaining convictions for seditious conspiracy has been an important goal for the administration because it furthers the narrative that Donald Trump’s supporters attempted some sort of coup. Unfortunately, these sorts of political prosecutions are just the sort of thing we’ve come to expect from the Justice Department. The FBI can’t be bothered with investigating sex criminals such as Larry Nassar, but they’ll pull out all the stops to prosecute hundreds of those who entered the Capitol on January 6, many of whom simply stood around gawking at the scenery. But when Congress gives the FBI a near carte blanche, as it has done with seditious conspiracy laws, we should expect as much.

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