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Uhhh... no... I do not think that the Yale Law libertarian man is going to plea and flip. I think he's going to milk this for all its worth.

— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) January 13, 2022

Facts are very important:

The former acting U.S. attorney for D.C., Michael Sherwin, previewed this day 10 months ago.

"I personally believe the evidence is trending toward [sedition], and probably meets those elements. ... I believe the facts do support those charges."https://t.co/NdPHJeXbYt

— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) January 13, 2022

But equally important in criminal cases is intent.

And there you go -- finally, a seditious conspiracy charge, because they decided they could prove the requisite intent.

— PoundPoundPoundHat (@Popehat) January 13, 2022

Please keep in mind this is not TeeVee; "motive" has no place in the question of bringing charges, nor of proving them. "Intent" is very specific at law; "motive" is a made up concept for TeeVee criminal shows.  But on that point, yeah, I'd say the clearly have:

According to a newly unsealed indictment against Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and several co-conspirators, a group of Oath Keepers referred to as "Stack One" entered the Capitol, went south from the rotunda, and walked to the House of Representatives specifically to find Pelosi.

The Oath Keepers did not find Pelosi, however, and the indictment does not specify what the Oath Keepers planned to do to the Speaker once they found her.

However, the indictment does document that the Oath Keepers came to Washington D.C. for the explicit purpose of intimidating lawmakers out of certifying the results of the 2020 election.

That indictment, by the way, can be read here. I would direct you particularly to paragraph 12 on page 5.  They had people waiting outside the environs of D.C. with guns and ammo ready to funnel it into the Capitol as needed.  I think these defendants are in a world of hurt.

RIP to "If it was an attempt to subvert the election, why has nobody been charged for sedition?" A talking point that really went the distance. https://t.co/NQnV0bwmqX

— David Weigel (@daveweigel) January 13, 2022

Especially among people whose idea of criminal law is "Law & Order."

On his way toward DC, Rhodes armed himself with a new AR rifle and various gear costing over $10k. pic.twitter.com/yyacIfWVgf

— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) January 13, 2022

Remember these are people "...who have lost a hundred times over in their lives.” Yale Law Grad; $10,000 just for weapons alone; how did this guy ever cope with the constant losing?

By the way, there's more than one person involved here who has "lost a hundred times over in their lives."

Leader of Oath Keepers and 10 Other Individuals Indicted in Federal Court for Seditious Conspiracy and Other Offenses Related to U.S. Capitol Breach

Eight Others Facing Charges in Two Related Caseshttps://t.co/3Im6Z9dNtV

— National Security Division, U.S. Dept of Justice (@DOJNatSec) January 13, 2022

A conspiracy, after all, requires more than one person.

Guess we better stop calling the Civil War a “war,” then. https://t.co/R509k75OCh

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 13, 2022

I guess "seditious conspiracy" doesn't count? Or is Mr. Hume quibbling over words, and thinking himself clever to do so?