How to Use seditious in a Sentence

seditious

adjective
  • Four members of the far-right Proud Boys were found guilty of the high crime of seditious conspiracy.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 7 May 2023
  • Who are the Proud Boys charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack?
    Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Smith did not charge Trump with seditious conspiracy, a charge that was used against leaders of the on-the-ground riots.
    Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The Proud Boys are charged with seditious conspiracy over the attack.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Bertino faces a maximum 20 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and up to 10 years in prison for the firearms charge.
    Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Leaders of two groups − four of the Proud Boys and two of the Oath Keepers − were convicted of the most serious charge of seditious conspiracy.
    Lauren Villagran, USA TODAY, 7 Jan. 2024
  • For subscribers:How an Arizona man was charged with seditious conspiracy in the U.S.
    Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 24 Jan. 2023
  • At the time, this project did not feel naive, idealistic, or radical, let alone seditious.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Nov. 2022
  • Four of those who have pleaded guilty to felonies have pleaded guilty to the federal charge of seditious conspiracy.
    Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 13 Feb. 2023
  • The seditious conspiracy trial is the second of three from the Capitol siege to unfold blocks from the rioting.
    Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 13 Dec. 2022
  • Jost also addressed how Stuart Rhodes, the leader of the far-right group the Oath Keepers, was found guilty this week of seditious conspiracy.
    William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone, 4 Dec. 2022
  • The second seditious conspiracy trial begins this week, for members of the far-right Proud Boys.
    Anchorage Daily News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Rhodes, of Granbury, Texas, and his co-defendants are the first people arrested in the Jan. 6 attack to stand trial on the charge of seditious conspiracy.
    CBS News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The alleged teams and the cache of weapons are a central piece of the Department of Justice’s case against Rhodes and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack.
    Lindsay Whitehurst, ajc, 12 Oct. 2022
  • All five members have pleaded not guilty to the charge of seditious conspiracy, a charge rarely brought by the Justice Department, and other charges.
    Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The second group of Oath Keepers to allegedly breach the Capitol has also been charged with seditious conspiracy and will be tried next month.
    Robert Legare, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Three of the five were acquitted of seditious conspiracy.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 30 Nov. 2022
  • High-profile members of the group were charged with seditious conspiracy for their role at the Jan. 6 insurrection.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2022
  • A week prior to the first Jan. 6 hearing, he and five other Proud Boys were indicted for seditious conspiracy.
    Fidel Martinez, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Rhodes is the first person convicted of seditious conspiracy since the nineteen-nineties.
    Mike Giglio, The New Yorker, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Two members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia, were convicted last month of seditious conspiracy.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Stewart Rhodes, who founded the Oath Keepers, was found guilty of seditious conspiracy for the attack, along with four co-defendants.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Donald Trump wants to pardon the … traitors that were convicted of seditious conspiracy?
    Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 28 Mar. 2023
  • More:Oath Keepers founder, found guilty of seditious conspiracy.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The one where a plurality of members are still trying to wish away the reality of a seditious mob invading their building and trying to kill them.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Stewart Rhodes, the eye-patch-wearing founder of the Oath Keepers who was found guilty last year of seditious conspiracy for his role in the insurrection, was once an Army paratrooper.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 21 July 2023
  • Rhodes, Tarrio, Nordean and Biggs have pleaded not guilty to seditious conspiracy and other charges.
    Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Two members of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia group, were convicted in November of seditious conspiracy for their roles in the riot.
    Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2022
  • Stewart Rhodes and three other members of the Oath Keepers are being charged with seditious conspiracy.
    Luke Barr, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The group is the first among hundreds of people arrested in the Capitol riot to stand trial on seditious conspiracy, a rare Civil War-era charge that calls for up to 20 years behind bars.
    Lindsay Whitehurst, ajc, 18 Nov. 2022

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