A Florida Oath Keepers leader charged with seditious conspiracy for alleged actions at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, filed a motion to have the indictment against him dismissed, alleging selective prosecution compared to participants in the George Floyd riots and protests against the nominations of two U.S. Supreme Court justices.
Attorneys for Kelly Meggs of Dunnellon, Florida, filed the dismissal motion on July 12 in Washington before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta. The judge has ruled against most Oath Keepers’ motions filed in the case, including a recent request for a change of venue from Washington to Virginia.
Meggs is one of nine individuals charged in a June 22 superseding indictment with seditious conspiracy and other counts related to an alleged plot to prevent the counting of Electoral College votes from the 2020 presidential election. All the defendants have pleaded not guilty….