As an advocate and journalist for the January 6ers and different politically persecuted People, I discover myself studying about our founders and our authorities with each patriot I meet or interview. I sat down just lately with David Moerschel and acquired an incredible historical past lesson I by no means received in class. He requested me to share how historical past actually repeats itself and supplies the solutions.
The accusation of Sedition towards the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, from the primary, was seen as a stretch of the legislation. Instantly after the fees have been filed, folks started noting that “The First Modification additionally could pose a major hurdle for prosecutors making an attempt to show seditious conspiracy.” (The Dialog, Jan 14, 2022)
President Trump commuted the sentences of those that went to trial for Sedition. (He pardoned those that pleaded responsible to Sedition.) He promised to look into these commuted instances extra carefully.
Because the Oath Keeper and Proud Boys trials unfolded, it turned clear that there was no proof of Sedition. Traditionally, Sedition has been weaponized towards political opponents for over 300 years.
Sedition Legal guidelines Weaponized In opposition to Oath Keepers and Proud Boys
David Moerschel was an Oath Keeper convicted of sedition. He misplaced job within the medical area. He was in custody for two years. He has firsthand data of how Sedition was weaponized towards him.
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David and I sat down collectively, and he defined how going again over 300 years, Benjamin Franklin warned about how necessary free speech was to liberty. Within the subsequent paragraph, Franklin warns of how tyrannical leaders use the accusation of sedition to stifle free speech.
John Adams Indicted Many Opponents of Sedition for Talking Out
John Adams was one such tyrannical chief. Despite Franklin’s warnings, Adams handed the Sedition Act of 1798. Instantly after passing the legislation, he indicted Benjamin Franklin Bache, Benjamin Franklin’s grandson, on Sedition. This was solely the start of the many individuals Adams would arrest and imprison for sedition. What was their crime? They merely spoke out towards Adams.
Parts of Sedition Not Proved in Oath Keeper Trial
David Moerschel broke down the Oath Keeper trial for me. He confirmed how, the federal government’s personal witnesses proved there was no Sedition. Watch the complete video under!
There are two parts which might be required to show Sedition. Primary: there have to be conspiracy or settlement to commit some crime. The federal government’s personal witnesses denied that the Oath Keepers had a plan. (See Trial 2 Transcript, pgs 1666, 3887, 3921, 3922.) Quantity two: there have to be some use of drive. It’s on video. They merely by no means used drive. It’s virtually comical once you have a look at the precise trial.
I needed to embody an excerpt from the trial exhibiting there was no use of drive, as a result of it’s so humorous. Here’s a protection lawyer cross-examining an Oath Keeper that took a plea deal and testified on behalf of the Authorities:
Q: So, this doc that you just needed to signal as a part of your plea settlement says you, in reality, used drive, proper?
A: Yeah.
Q: However as you sit right here immediately, you didn’t use any drive, did you?
A: Effectively, I used to be saying I didn’t use drive towards any particular people.
Q: Effectively, in what approach did you employ drive?
A: Effectively, my presence being in there was hindering —
Q: Standing nonetheless is using drive? (Trial 2 Transcript, pg 3895)
The Prosecution’s thought of utilizing drive to overthrow the Authorities is one’s mere presence in a constructing throughout a protest. Let that sink in. If it weren’t so severe, it could be laughable! In order that anybody who attends a protest or rally to train their First Modification rights could possibly be indicted on Sedition – in your mere presence. This sort of abuse is nothing new, as I famous within the story of John Adams and the Sedition Trials.
Oath Keeper’s Basic Crime? Hyperbolic Speech
So, if the Oath Keepers had no plan, and if there was no drive, then what was the elemental crime? David argues that the politically charged, hyperbolic, speech of the group was the precise crime. The entire nation was ablaze with politically charged speech after the 2020 election. Besides, the Structure protects the liberty of speech Even the Related Press admitted, “anti-government sentiment or common calls to “motion” towards purported “tyrants” – or statements of that nature – don’t rise to the extent of a seditious conspiracy.”
To show that the accusation of Sedition for the Oath Keepers (and by extension the Proud Boys too) was an assault on Free Speech, have a look at how the Authorities handled the Oath Keepers.
At each flip, the federal government tried to cease them from exercising free speech. They put draconian restrictions on them:
1. Pretrial: David was not allowed to have computer systems or web in the home. Even his kids’s pill was taken away. Solely his spouse was allowed to have a wise telephone. David needed to have a flip telephone.
2. In Jail: All David’s telephone calls and emails have been monitored. That’s not regular. He was beneath additional scrutiny in jail.
3. On the midway home: David was on social medial restriction. His telephone was frequently searched.
4. If he was placed on probation: David would have been subjected to pc and community monitoring, social media and e mail restrictions.
5. Even now that he was commuted, he’s experiencing free speech infringements. For the third time, X/Twitter suspended his accounts. X/Twitter additionally suspended Stewart Rhodes and Joseph Biggs, to call a couple of.
Really, the accusation of Sedition for the Oath Keepers (and Proud Boys) centered on an assault on free speech.
President Trump Can Be Like Thomas Jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson was a champion for Free Speech and for these focused by the tyrant John Adams. Thomas Jefferson pardoned all these accused of Sedition by John Adams.
Thomas Jefferson wrote, “I discharge [by Pardon or dropping the charges] each individual beneath punishment or prosecution beneath the Sedition Regulation, as a result of I thought-about, and now take into account, that legislation to be a nullity as absolute and palpable as if Congress had ordered us to fall down and worship a golden picture.” Letter to Abigail Adams, 22 July 1804 http://libertytree.ca/quotes/Thomas.Jefferson.Quote.A0A9
Joseph Biden Was Like John Adams. Will Trump Be Our Thomas Jefferson?
We’re asking Trump to pardon the remaining 12 of the 14 accused of Sedition by the tyrant Joseph Biden and restore their rights. On January twentieth, Trump solely commuted their sentences with a promise to look at their instances and probably grant the pardon. You’ll be able to assist them get the pardon! Go to www.PardonThe14.com and request a submit card and mail it to the White Home. Merely put your identify and tackle and drop it within the mail.
We’re at it once more! Our motto has not modified, No Patriot Left Behind! Please assist us share this far and vast and get this message to President Trump to Pardon the 14! Please watch this quick video in your marching orders: https://t.co/cfW00aqBJ1
— MAGA Mouse (@MAGAMouse1621) April 9, 2025
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