President Trump’s Jeopardy  

A charge of seditious conspiracy against the former president would be a case of first impression for the Republic.

AP/Susan Walsh, file
The founder of the citizen militia group known as the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, outside the White House on June 25, 2017. AP/Susan Walsh, file

Was January 6, involving, among other things, protesters waving the American flag, an insurrection or sedition? We ask because the recent memo from the Department of Justice requesting draconian sentences for those convicted of “seditious conspiracy” — what law professor Laurence Tribe calls “treason’s sibling” — underscores the seriousness of its implications. Particularly because President Trump could be the next target in respect of January 6. 

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