On Nov. 9, 2020, Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, held a meeting in which he detailed a plan to violently stop the lawful transfer of presidential power.
On Dec. 30, Proud Boys leaders circulated a document calling on supporters to "Storm the Winter Palace," a reference to the overthrow of the Tsarist government…
On Nov. 9, 2020, Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, held a meeting in which he detailed a plan to violently stop the lawful transfer of presidential power.
On Dec. 30, Proud Boys leaders circulated a document calling on supporters to "Storm the Winter Palace," a reference to the overthrow of the Tsarist government of Russia in 1917. They also talked about "taking the Capitol."
As I noted above, an insurrection is a violent uprising against a government. But if you plan to violently seize power from the government, such as by seizing the power of presidential transfer or overthrowing the government like the Bolsheviks did, that is not an insurrection. That is a coup attempt.
On Nov. 9, 2020, Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, held a meeting in which he detailed a plan to violently stop the lawful transfer of presidential power.
On Dec. 30, Proud Boys leaders circulated a document calling on supporters to "Storm the Winter Palace," a reference to the overthrow of the Tsarist government of Russia in 1917. They also talked about "taking the Capitol."
As I noted above, an insurrection is a violent uprising against a government. But if you plan to violently seize power from the government, such as by seizing the power of presidential transfer or overthrowing the government like the Bolsheviks did, that is not an insurrection. That is a coup attempt.