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The DOJ announced that as of Aug. 6, more than 1,106 defendants were charged in nearly all 50 states and Washington, D.C., for actions they took during insurrection.

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[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No but I mean specifically, as in who carefully coordinated. That's my question.

[–] ImFresh3x@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Proud boys (the ones Trump told to stand back and standby as if they’re his personal militia) for one:

1776 Returns is the title of a document that outlined strategic plans for the takeover of US government buildings on January 6, 2021. It was circulated among the Proud Boys organization.

A section titled the "Patriot Plan" was intended for public distribution, calling on people to gather at 1 p.m. on January 6 and await a signal to attack,[1] with a demand to nullify the elections results and have the military hold a new election.

On June 6, 2022, the Justice Department announced that five Proud Boys had been indicted for "seditious conspiracy,"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1776_Returns

Oath keepers:

In 2023, Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6 United States Capitol attack, and another Oath Keepers leader, Kelly Meggs, was sentenced to 12 years for the same crime.[4] Three other members have pled guilty to this crime, and four other members have been convicted of it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oath_Keepers

And the six people named in the latest Trump indictment, and Michael Flynn. They wanted invoke martial law. They wanted to use Jan 6 as a reason to. And trump openly encouraged insurrection attempt.

https://www.justsecurity.org/73986/invoking-martial-law-to-reverse-the-2020-election-could-be-criminal-sedition/

to https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/19/politics/trump-oval-office-meeting-special-counsel-martial-law/index.html

Here’s the Trump indictment:

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/08/01/us/politics/trump-jan-6-indictment-2020-election-annotated.html#

This is a lot of work. Because tbh the list could go on forever. It was poorly organized. But it was planned.

[–] aidan@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Okay thanks for the link about 1776 Returns- I hadn't seen that before.