Second inauguration rioting trial ends in acquittals, mistrial after jury talk of nullification

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Federal prosecutors failed to convict anyone in the second group trial of alleged Trump inauguration rioters after jurors acquitted defendants of some charges and deadlocked on others.

One defendant, Casey Webber, was acquitted on all counts of rioting and property destruction Monday, followed by a partial acquittal of Seth Cadman on Wednesday, with jurors deadlocking on a single charge of engaging in a riot.

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