By LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP)– Federal district attorneys are anticipated to make their last pitch to jurors Friday in the high-stakes seditious conspiracy case versus Oath Keepers creator Stewart Rhodes and 4 partners charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Closing arguments will start in Washington federal court after the last pieces of proof existed in the trial declaring Rhodes and atrioventricular bundle of antigovernment extremists outlined for weeks to disrupt the tranquil transfer of power from Republican Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden. Proof provided by district attorneys reveals Rhodes and his co-defendants talking about the possibility of violence and the requirement to keep Biden out of the White House in the weeks leading up to Jan. 6, prior to stowing away an enormous cache of weapons described as a “fast response force” at a Virginia hotel. On Jan. 6, 2021, Oath Keepers using helmets and other fight equipment were seen pressing through the pro-Trump mob and into the Capitol. Rhodes stayed outdoors, like “a basic surveying his soldiers on a battleground,” a district attorney informed jurors. After the attack, district attorneys state Rhodes and other Oath Keepers commemorated with supper at an Olive Garden dining establishment. Political Cartoons Closing arguments are anticipated to be Monday for the defense, which has actually concentrated on district attorneys’ relative absence of proof that the Oath Keepers had a specific strategy to assault the Capitol prior to Jan. 6. Rhodes, who
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