Texting correspondence with lawmakers, one of which alludes to backing with the army, surely rises to the level of conspiracy.
"Conspiracy to" *what* is the bugbear. The main issue shown with many of trials over the Redneck Rebellion was exactly which law violation to slap them with as in the early days pretty much all of them got off easy with just "trespassing".
Nowadays judges don't have a problem calling a fish a fish, but the judiciary is still squeamish about leveling damaging claims against people of importance.
[@SleepySteve](/forums/generals/topics/tartarus?post_id=5293876#post_5293876)
That's a bit broad.