The far-right was accused of trying to obstruct the transition of power by force after Trump's supporters stormed the U.S. Congress last year, refusing to recognize the election results won by President Biden. A jury in a federal district court in Washington, D.C., returned a guilty verdict against the group's founders.
About 900 people have been arrested and many trials have been held so far over the incident in which former President Trump supporters burst into Congress in January last year.
Among them, Stewart, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers, is accused of sedition conspiracy to deny the election results that President Biden won and to obstruct a peaceful transition of power by force. A jury in a federal district court in Washington delivered a guilty verdict on Rose on the 29th.
Conspiracy to sedition is the most serious of the charges being tried in a series of trials over the assault on Congress, which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison, and it remains to be seen whether the charges will apply. was
It is the first time since 1995 that there has been a guilty verdict for sedition conspiracy, according to US media.
Sentencing is to be handed down at a later date.