Was it sedition? Jan. 6 trial a major test for Justice Dept.


              FILE - Edward Tarpley the attorney of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, arrives at the Federal Courthouse during the Rhodes trial in Washington, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022.  Jury deliberations are expected to begin soon. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
            
              FILE - Thomas Caldwell of Berryville, Va., a defendant charged with seditious conspiracy in one of the most serious cases to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, arrives at the Federal Courthouse in Washington, Nov. 7, 2022.  Jury deliberations are expected to begin soon. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magan, File)
            
              FILE - Violent rioters, loyal to President Donald Trump, storm the Capitol in Washington,  Jan. 6, 2021.  (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
            
              FILE - Stewart Rhodes, founder of the citizen militia group known as the Oath Keepers speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, on June 25, 2017.  Rhodes is charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.  Jury deliberations are expected to begin soon.  (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
            
              FILE - This artist sketch depicts the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, left, as he testifies before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on charges of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, Nov. 7, 2022.  Jury deliberations are expected to begin soon. (Dana Verkouteren via A, File)