Oath Keepers leader offers to testify before Jan. 6 committee — but only if it's done live on TV
2 years, 5 months ago

Oath Keepers leader offers to testify before Jan. 6 committee — but only if it's done live on TV

Raw Story  

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes has made an offer to the House Select Committee investigating the January 6th Capitol riots that he will testify -- but there's a catch. Rhodes, who was deposed by the committee earlier this year, is currently facing charges of seditious conspiracy for his role in trying to block the certification of the 2020 presidential election, which is by far the most serious charge that has yet been leveled at January 6th defendants. So far, two members of Rhodes's Oath Keepers militia have pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy charges, and they have both agreed to testify against Rhodes and implicate him as the creator of a seditious plot to keep former President Donald Trump in power. "The seditious conspiracy indictment alleges that, following the Nov. 3, 2020, presidential election, Rhodes conspired with his co-defendants and others to oppose by force the execution of the laws governing the transfer of presidential power by Jan. 20, 2021," the DOJ wrote.

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Judge: Pardoning Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes for Capitol riot plot would be ‘frightening’
6 days, 19 hours ago

Judge: Pardoning Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes for Capitol riot plot would be ‘frightening’

LA Times  

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a Washington rally outside the White House on June 25, 2017. The federal judge who presided over the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers members said Wednesday that it would be “frightening” if the anti-government group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, is pardoned for orchestrating a violent plot to keep Donald Trump in …

Five unresolved questions surrounding the Jan. 6 attack
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Five unresolved questions surrounding the Jan. 6 attack

Raw Story  

America is coming up on the three-year anniversary of the day former President Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol. He has critical data to protect.” The chats show that Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes — also ultimately convicted of seditious conspiracy — responded: “Give him my cell.” Rep. Ronny Jackson shakes hands with Stephen Miller, a former senior advisor for …

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for January 6 sedition
1 year, 6 months ago

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for January 6 sedition

The Independent  

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'You are not a political prisoner': Judge delivers brutal smackdown of Stewart Rhodes
1 year, 6 months ago

'You are not a political prisoner': Judge delivers brutal smackdown of Stewart Rhodes

Raw Story  

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was hit with an 18-year prison sentence on Thursday -- but not before he received a brutal smackdown from Judge Amit Mehta. As recounted by CBS News' Scott MacFarlane, Mehta singled out Rhodes for his singular role in pushing his organization to help take over the United States Capitol building on January 6th, 2021. RELATED: …

Oath Keepers Founder Sentenced For Seditious Conspiracy Over Jan. 6 Capitol Riot
1 year, 6 months ago

Oath Keepers Founder Sentenced For Seditious Conspiracy Over Jan. 6 Capitol Riot

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years behind bars Thursday, six months after being convicted of seditious conspiracy in federal court for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Mehta responded to his claims directly: “You are not a political prisoner, Mr. Rhodes.” The judge said it was …

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison
1 year, 6 months ago

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison

Raw Story  

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes on Thursday was sentenced by Judge Amit Mehta to 18 years in prison for his role in plotting the Capitol insurrection on January 6th, 2021. Prosecutors had urged a 25-year prison sentence for Rhodes, who was found guilty last year of seditious conspiracy for plotting with his fellow Oath Keepers to breach the Capitol in …

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes faces sentencing for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack
1 year, 6 months ago

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes faces sentencing for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack

The Independent  

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Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years
1 year, 6 months ago

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years

Al Jazeera  

Sentence is the longest yet for a participant in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, led by Donald Trump supporters. Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right group the Oath Keepers, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021. I consider every J6er a …

Feds seek to lock up Oath Keepers founder for 25 years
1 year, 7 months ago

Feds seek to lock up Oath Keepers founder for 25 years

Raw Story  

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was found guilty of seditious conspiracy last year, and now federal prosecutors are seeking to give him a decades-long prison sentence. NBC News reports that prosecutors are asking for a 25-year prison sentence for Stewart Rhodes, the militia leader who was convicted for his role in plotting to violently storm Congress on January 6th, 2021 …

Four Oath Keepers convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
1 year, 11 months ago

Four Oath Keepers convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Four members of the Oath Keepers were convicted Monday of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack in the second major trial of far-right extremists accused of plotting to forcibly keep President Donald Trump in power. Attorney General Merrick Garland told reporters after the verdict that he is “grateful to the prosecutors, agents and staff for …

Jury deliberates in Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial
1 year, 11 months ago

Jury deliberates in Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial

Al Jazeera  

Prosecutors allege that the far-right group took part in a violent plot to overturn the results of the 2020 election. A United States jury continues to deliberate on whether four members of the far-right militia group known as the Oath Keepers committed the crime of “seditious conspiracy” during the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. The four Oath …

Guilty! How the Feds convicted Oath Keepers' Stewart Rhodes of seditious conspiracy
2 years ago

Guilty! How the Feds convicted Oath Keepers' Stewart Rhodes of seditious conspiracy

Raw Story  

If one thing did in Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers founder who was found guilty today of seditious conspiracy for his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection, it was his decision to testify on his own behalf. Federal prosecutors had built a strong case to prove the three components of seditious conspiracy: that there was a conspiracy, forced was used, …

What we learned from the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial so far
2 years, 1 month ago

What we learned from the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial so far

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Here is what we have learned so far in the trial Stopping the election …

Oath Keepers leader: No plan to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6
2 years, 1 month ago

Oath Keepers leader: No plan to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes told jurors there was no plan for his band of extremists to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as he tried Monday to clear his name in his seditious conspiracy trial. Messages Rhodes sent include another from December 2020 in which he said Trump “needs to know that if he fails …

Oath Keepers' Jan. 6 trial: Why Stewart Rhodes is pushing an 'I'm not racist!' defense
2 years, 1 month ago

Oath Keepers' Jan. 6 trial: Why Stewart Rhodes is pushing an 'I'm not racist!' defense

Raw Story  

It might seem a little odd at first that, as the first day of the defense case played out Friday, their argument seems to be that Oath Keepers can't be guilty because they're just a bunch of harmless kooks. Throughout this first part of the trial, the defense made it clear that their main goal is to dissuade the jury …

Oath Keepers leader says group didn’t plan to storm US Capitol
2 years, 1 month ago

Oath Keepers leader says group didn’t plan to storm US Capitol

Al Jazeera  

Far-right group’s Stewart Rhodes tells jurors ‘there was no plan to enter’ Capitol building on January 6 last year. Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes has told jurors there was no plan for members of his far-right group to attack the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, as he tries to clear his name in his seditious conspiracy trial. Rhodes …

On stand in 1/6 trial, Oath Keepers boss says he’s a patriot
2 years, 1 month ago

On stand in 1/6 trial, Oath Keepers boss says he’s a patriot

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes took the witness stand Friday in his seditious conspiracy trial, telling jurors he is a patriotic American as he tries to counter allegations that his far-right extremist group planned an armed rebellion to stop the transfer of presidential power. Asked whether he believed the 2020 election was stolen from Trump, Rhodes falsely described …

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes testifies in his own defence in Jan 6 seditious conspiracy trial
2 years, 1 month ago

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes testifies in his own defence in Jan 6 seditious conspiracy trial

The Independent  

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Stewart Rhodes' lawyer admits concern after jury hears the threats to hang Nancy Pelosi and the Biden speech
2 years, 1 month ago

Stewart Rhodes' lawyer admits concern after jury hears the threats to hang Nancy Pelosi and the Biden speech

Raw Story  

Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes is in court this week facing charges over his involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on Congress. As a result of the attack on Pelosi and the speech by President Joe Biden Wednesday night imploring Americans to save democracy his lawyer indicated that he wants to voir dire the jury on whether they heard …

Jan. 6 Trial Delayed After Leader Of Far-Right Oath Keepers Contracts COVID
2 years, 1 month ago

Jan. 6 Trial Delayed After Leader Of Far-Right Oath Keepers Contracts COVID

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The trial of a far-right extremist group leader and four associates charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was delayed on Monday after the Oath Keepers leader tested positive for the coronavirus. Jurors were supposed to begin hearing the fourth week of testimony in the case against Stewart Rhodes and four …

Jan. 6 trial delayed after Oath Keepers’ leader gets COVID
2 years, 1 month ago

Jan. 6 trial delayed after Oath Keepers’ leader gets COVID

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The trial of a far-right extremist group leader and four associates charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was delayed on Monday after the Oath Keepers leader tested positive for the coronavirus. The defendants are the first among hundreds charged in the Capitol attack to stand trial on the charge of seditious conspiracy, a …

Jan. 6 trial highlights missed warnings before Capitol siege
2 years, 2 months ago

Jan. 6 trial highlights missed warnings before Capitol siege

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — In a telephone call days after the 2020 election, Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes urged followers to go to Washington and fight to keep President Donald Trump in office. A concerned member of the extremist group began recording because, as he would later tell jurors in the current seditious conspiracy trial of Rhodes and four associates, it sounded …

Jan. 6 trial highlights missed warnings before Capitol siege
2 years, 2 months ago

Jan. 6 trial highlights missed warnings before Capitol siege

The Independent  

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Testimony: Oath Keepers ready to use ‘any means necessary’
2 years, 2 months ago

Testimony: Oath Keepers ready to use ‘any means necessary’

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Oath Keepers extremists were prepared to use “any means necessary” on Jan. 6, 2021, to stop the certification of Democrat Joe Biden’s electoral victory, a member of the group testified Tuesday. That’s why we brought our firearms.” Dolan is the first of several Oath Keepers with cooperation deals with the government who are expected to testify in the …

Prosecutors unveil sexually explicit messages between Oath Keepers founder and his lawyer
2 years, 2 months ago

Prosecutors unveil sexually explicit messages between Oath Keepers founder and his lawyer

Raw Story  

Prosecutors on Monday unveiled sexually explicit messages sent between Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes and his attorney, Kellye SoRelle, who has herself been hit with conspiracy charges for her role in the deadly January 6th riots at the United States Capitol building. As reported by Politico's Kyle Cheney, prosecutors showed jurors the text messages to demonstrate how the relationship …

Ex-Oath Keeper: Group leader claimed Secret Service contact
2 years, 2 months ago

Ex-Oath Keeper: Group leader claimed Secret Service contact

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes told a member of the extremist group before the 2020 election that he had a contact in the Secret Service, a witness testified Thursday in Rhodes’ Capitol riot trial. The man, Abdullah Rasheed, said he began recording the call with hundreds of Oath Keepers members because Rhodes’ rhetoric made it sound like “we …

FBI agent testifies for a second day in Oath Keepers trial connected to Jan. 6
2 years, 2 months ago

FBI agent testifies for a second day in Oath Keepers trial connected to Jan. 6

NPR  

FBI agent testifies for a second day in Oath Keepers trial connected to Jan. 6 Jurors heard a second day of testimony from an FBI agent in the trial of five members of the Oath Keepers accused of seditious conspiracy. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Staying with the courts, today was the second day of testimony in the January 6 seditious …

The Oath Keepers’ Capitol riot trial, explained
2 years, 2 months ago

The Oath Keepers’ Capitol riot trial, explained

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A trial that started this week in Washington, D.C., is the biggest test yet in the Justice Department’s efforts to hold accountable those responsible for the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a violent assault that challenged the foundations of American democracy. On trial is extremist leader Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group, …

Prosecutors At Jan. 6 Sedition Trial Say Oath Keepers ‘Pervert’ Constitution
2 years, 2 months ago

Prosecutors At Jan. 6 Sedition Trial Say Oath Keepers ‘Pervert’ Constitution

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — The highest-profile trial to be held so far against participants in the Capitol riot got underway Monday as prosecutors began to show jurors how a group of far-right Oath Keepers plotted to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. Caldwell’s attorney said the disabled veteran “couldn’t storm his way …

Trial begins for Oath Keepers charged in Jan 6 US Capitol riot
2 years, 2 months ago

Trial begins for Oath Keepers charged in Jan 6 US Capitol riot

Al Jazeera  

The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates planned for an “armed rebellion” to stop the transfer of presidential power on January 6, 2021, prosecutors have told jurors, in a plot to stop the transfer of US presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. The Oath Keepers planned their conspiracy “in plain sight”, Nestler said, noting …

Jury Selection Complete In Oath Keepers Seditious Conspiracy Trial
2 years, 2 months ago

Jury Selection Complete In Oath Keepers Seditious Conspiracy Trial

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — A panel of jurors was chosen Thursday to serve in the Oath Keepers’ sedition trial after three long days of selection proceedings in federal court. The group of 12, with four alternates, will weigh evidence starting next week to determine whether members of the far-right extremist group conspired to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential …

EXPLAINER: Rare sedition charge at center of Jan. 6 trial
2 years, 2 months ago

EXPLAINER: Rare sedition charge at center of Jan. 6 trial

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The founder of the Oath Keepers and four associates are on trial in the Capitol attack on charges that include seditious conspiracy — a rarely used Civil War-era accusation that strikes to the heart of what prosecutors say happened that day. In order to win a seditious conspiracy case, prosecutors have to prove that two or more people …

Oath Keepers' Seditious Conspiracy Trial Kicks Off With Jury Selection
2 years, 2 months ago

Oath Keepers' Seditious Conspiracy Trial Kicks Off With Jury Selection

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON ― Jury selection began Tuesday in the seditious conspiracy trial against Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes and four co-conspirators accused of scheming to prevent the transfer of presidential power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden. The Oath Keepers trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia is the Justice Department’s biggest case …

'Fighting Fit': Trial To Show Oath Keepers' Road To Jan. 6
2 years, 2 months ago

'Fighting Fit': Trial To Show Oath Keepers' Road To Jan. 6

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The voting was over and almost all ballots were counted. He expressed hope that antifa activists would start clashes because that would give Trump the “reason and rationale for dropping the Insurrection Act.” ”You’ve got to go there and you’ve got to make sure that he knows that you are willing to die to fight for this …

Judge nixes Oath Keepers leader’s bid to delay Jan. 6 trial
2 years, 3 months ago

Judge nixes Oath Keepers leader’s bid to delay Jan. 6 trial

Associated Press  

The high-profile seditious conspiracy trial for the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group will begin this month after a judge on Wednesday rejected a last-minute bid by Stewart Rhodes to replace his lawyers and delay his Capitol riot case. Rhodes’ new lawyer argued that the Oath Keepers founder has not been given enough time to adequately prepare for …

Elected officials, police chiefs on leaked Oath Keepers list
2 years, 3 months ago

Elected officials, police chiefs on leaked Oath Keepers list

Associated Press  

The names of hundreds of U.S. law enforcement officers, elected officials and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of a far-right extremist group that’s accused of playing a key role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, according to a report released Wednesday. The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism pored over more than 38,000 names …

Oath Keepers lawyer: 'I hope they get the real perpetrators — Flynn, Byrne, Powell'
2 years, 3 months ago

Oath Keepers lawyer: 'I hope they get the real perpetrators — Flynn, Byrne, Powell'

Raw Story  

Editorial Note: This story has been updated to include a response from Sidney Powell. “Only thing I have to say, I hope they get the real perpetrators — Flynn, Byrne, Powell etc., those behind the Big Lie that set up the conservatives,” SoRelle told Raw Story. When an investigator asked her to confirm that Stone, Jones and Alexander were “the …

Oath Keepers’ lawyer arrested in connection with Jan. 6
2 years, 3 months ago

Oath Keepers’ lawyer arrested in connection with Jan. 6

Associated Press  

A lawyer for the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group has been charged with conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the U.S. Capitol, authorities said Thursday. Kellye SoRelle — general counsel for the antigovernment group — was arrested in Texas on charges including conspiracy to obstruct the certification of President Joe Biden’s electoral college victory, the Justice …

Oath Keepers attorney arrested and charged with obstruction in connection with Capitol riot
2 years, 3 months ago

Oath Keepers attorney arrested and charged with obstruction in connection with Capitol riot

The Independent  

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Former White House aides to testify at next Jan. 6 hearing
2 years, 5 months ago

Former White House aides to testify at next Jan. 6 hearing

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Two former White House aides are expected to testify at the House Jan. 6 committee’s prime-time hearing Thursday as the panel examines what Donald Trump was doing as his supporters broke into the Capitol, according to a person familiar with the plans. Lawmakers on the nine-member panel have said the hearing will offer the most compelling evidence yet …

Live updates: Jan. 6 rioter, former Oath Keepers spokesman testify in seventh hearing
2 years, 5 months ago

Live updates: Jan. 6 rioter, former Oath Keepers spokesman testify in seventh hearing

NPR  

Live updates: Jan. 6 rioter, former Oath Keepers spokesman testify in seventh hearing Enlarge this image toggle caption Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack held its seventh public hearing Tuesday, focusing on the role right-wing extremist groups – such as the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers – played in planning the …

Oath Keepers founder tried to get in contact with the White House weeks before the Jan. 6 attack: lawyer
2 years, 5 months ago

Oath Keepers founder tried to get in contact with the White House weeks before the Jan. 6 attack: lawyer

Raw Story  

Speaking to NBC News, the general counsel for the Oath Keepers says the far-right militia group's founder, Stewart Rhodes, tried to get her to put him in touch with the White House in the weeks before the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. SoRelle told NBC News that she never put Rhodes in contact with anyone at the White House. IN OTHER …

Justice Department closes in on documents subpoenaed from GOP operatives connected to Trump fake electors plan
2 years, 5 months ago

Justice Department closes in on documents subpoenaed from GOP operatives connected to Trump fake electors plan

CNN  

Washington CNN — Republican operatives connected to the plan to put forward “alternate” electors for Donald Trump are set to turn over information to the Justice Department as soon as this week – as criminal investigations examining efforts to overturn the 2020 election pick up pace. “We never know where it’s going to go,” said Philip Linder, a defense attorney …

Top Oath Keepers member says he overheard extremist group’s leader trying to connect with Trump after US Capitol riot
2 years, 7 months ago

Top Oath Keepers member says he overheard extremist group’s leader trying to connect with Trump after US Capitol riot

CNN  

CNN — A top member of the Oath Keepers said in court on Wednesday that he overheard the leader of the group, Stewart Rhodes, trying and failing to get in touch with then-President Donald Trump after the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. “Wilson heard Rhodes repeatedly implore the individual to tell President Trump to call upon groups …

Second Oath Keeper pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy in major win for DOJ Capitol riot probe
2 years, 7 months ago

Second Oath Keeper pleads guilty to seditious conspiracy in major win for DOJ Capitol riot probe

Raw Story  

A second member of the Oath Keepers militia has pleaded guilty to engaging in a seditious conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. Politico reports that Oath Keeper Brian Ulrich on Friday pleaded guilty to both seditious conspiracy and obstructing an official act of Congress when he stormed the Capitol building on January 6th. Ulrich joins fellow …

Oath Keepers leader to stay jailed until Capitol riot trial
2 years, 10 months ago

Oath Keepers leader to stay jailed until Capitol riot trial

Associated Press  

A federal judge refused Friday to free Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from jail while he awaits trial on charges that he plotted with other members of his far-right militia group to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s electoral victory. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said federal prosecutors have presented “compelling if not strong” evidence …

Stewart Rhodes’ wife says he planned for Trump to install Oath Keepers as his ‘brownshirts’
2 years, 10 months ago

Stewart Rhodes’ wife says he planned for Trump to install Oath Keepers as his ‘brownshirts’

Raw Story  

The estranged wife of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes says he planned for the militia group to be installed as former president Donald Trump's "brownshirts" — a reference to the paramilitary wing of Germany's Nazi Party. But I think they certainly have a great case that he planned this, he planned to disrupt everything in order to convince Trump to …

Oath Keepers leader talks to Jan. 6 panel from federal jail
2 years, 10 months ago

Oath Keepers leader talks to Jan. 6 panel from federal jail

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, appeared remotely before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection on Wednesday from a federal jail where he is awaiting trial on sedition charges. Rhodes’ testimony came as the panel also interviewed Jeffrey Clark, a former Justice Department official who aligned with former …

Oath Keeper to remain jailed after wife says he installed ‘elaborate escape tunnels in backyard’
2 years, 10 months ago

Oath Keeper to remain jailed after wife says he installed ‘elaborate escape tunnels in backyard’

Raw Story  

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes will remain behind bars pending trial on charges including seditious conspiracy in connection with the Capitol insurrection. "The evidence shows Defendant orchestrated a large-scale attack on the federal government with the purpose of intimidating, by violence, federal officials and disrupting official governmental proceedings incident to the transfer of power in the Executive Branch following a …

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