Professor Larson Talks to Reuters, 'Background Briefing' About Oath Keepers' Seditious Conspiracy Convictions

Professor Carlton F.W. Larson appeared in a Nov. 29 Reuters "fast take" video and on the Nov. 30 episode of the podcast Background Briefing with Ian Masters to discuss the seditious conspiracy convictions of Oath Keepers leaders in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

On Nov. 29, a federal jury found Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, and Kelly Meggs, leader of the Florida chapter of the organization, guilty of seditious conspiracy and other charges for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol. 

Carlton Larson's research interests focus on constitutional law and legal history. One of the nation’s leading authorities on the law of treason, Professor Larson is the author of the ABA Silver Gavel Award finalist books The Trials of Allegiance: Treason, Juries, and the American Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2019) and On Treason: A Citizen’s Guide to the Law (Ecco/HarperCollins, 2020).