Where do we go from here?

DC and State Houses in America today are facing their greatest challenge since the Civil War from their own people, against their own people. How does a house divided rebuild after a surreal and spectacular fall?

1. Seditious Conspiracy charges for participants in planning & producing this Jan 6th event

Call it a failed coup, coup-play, insurrection or an act of domestic terrorism, it falls squarely into a few key legal codes with clear ramifications and penalties. This definition comes from Reason as it is found in open legal journals.

Seditious Conspiracy code is also detailed here along with treason at the House.gov site

Does this mean that the federal forces that allowed rioters to coup and take the Capitol should be considered part of the conspiracy? What about senators and congresspeople who incited riots in the Capitol or other states, should they be considered part of this seditious conspiracy and charged or expelled? Who can be trusted, and how will we know? These questions and many more will be answered in the coming weeks as we all go back to work and address the breakdowns. During the first year of the Civil War, 15 congressmen were expelled from the Capitol and there’s precedent for removing officers, congresspeople and staff who are found to be seditious or untrustworthy. Information stolen today may take months to be discovered. Lives were risked and lives were…