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 NEWS: Trump cancels rally — will instead spend day testifying under oath: report "Nonetheless, she was on the grounds of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Rhodes attorney James Bright told NBC News that he doesn't think it's a big deal that Rhodes was trying to contact the White House and that hundreds of people "try to get in touch with politicians daily."

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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 …

Attorney for far-right Oath Keepers extremist group pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges
4 months ago

Attorney for far-right Oath Keepers extremist group pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — An attorney who represented the far-right Oath Keepers pleaded guilty on Wednesday to charges stemming from a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, including members of the extremist group. Kellye SoRelle, who was general counsel for the antigovernment group and a close associate of its founder, is scheduled to be sentenced on Jan. 17 by …

‘Absolutely essential’: Son of Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes is all in for Kamala Harris
4 months ago

‘Absolutely essential’: Son of Oath Keeper Stewart Rhodes is all in for Kamala Harris

Raw Story  

CHICAGO — Dakota Adams is not your typical Democratic delegate. More notably is what lies deeper: Adams’ father, Stewart Rhodes, founded the Oath Keepers, a militia group instrumental in helping President Donald Trump attempt to maintain his grip on power after losing the 2020 election. “And the other half is defeating the election overturn attempt and the attempt to steal …

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 founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack
1 year, 6 months ago

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 attack

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Oath Keepers extremist group founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the U.S. Capitol in a bid to keep President Joe Biden out of the White House after winning the 2020 election. In a first for a Jan. 6 case, the judge agreed …

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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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’ Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in Jan. 6 attack
1 year, 6 months ago

Oath Keepers’ Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in Jan. 6 attack

LA Times  

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is sentenced after a landmark verdict convicting him of seditious conspiracy in leading a plot to keep then-President Trump in power. Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison after a landmark verdict convicting him of spearheading a weeks-long plot to keep former President Trump in power, which culminated in …

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 …

Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers founder, sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy
1 year, 6 months ago

Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers founder, sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy

NPR  

Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers founder, sentenced to 18 years for seditious conspiracy Enlarge this image toggle caption Susan Walsh/AP Susan Walsh/AP The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers group has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in a seditious conspiracy to disrupt the electoral count, the stiffest punishment to date to stem from the violent assault …

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 …

Oath Keepers plotted to use force on January 6: US prosecutor
2 years ago

Oath Keepers plotted to use force on January 6: US prosecutor

Al Jazeera  

Prosecutor tells US jury that far-right group members plotted to stop transfer of power and keep Donald Trump in office. A federal prosecutor has told a United States court that four members of the far-right Oath Keepers should be found guilty of seditious conspiracy for plotting to use force to stop the peaceful transfer of power at the US Capitol …

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, …

Oath Keepers founder convicted of 'sedition' in US Capitol assault
2 years ago

Oath Keepers founder convicted of 'sedition' in US Capitol assault

India Today  

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, and another leader of the right-wing group, were found guilty on Tuesday of seditious conspiracy for the attack on the U.S. Capitol by Donald Trump supporters, an important win for the Justice Department. Four other Oath Keepers members face seditious conspiracy charges, as do members of the right-wing Proud Boys group, including its former chairman …

Storming Capitol was 'really stupid,' Oath Keeper testifies
2 years, 1 month ago

Storming Capitol was 'really stupid,' Oath Keeper testifies

The Independent  

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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 …

Witness: Oath Keepers head tried to reach Trump after Jan. 6
2 years, 1 month ago

Witness: Oath Keepers head tried to reach Trump after Jan. 6

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Days after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes tried to get a message to then-President Donald Trump that urged him to fight to stay in power and “save the republic,” according to trial testimony on Wednesday. Rhodes said in his message — given to an intermediary — that the Oath Keepers would support the …

Oath Keepers head tried to contact Trump post-January 6: Witness
2 years, 1 month ago

Oath Keepers head tried to contact Trump post-January 6: Witness

Al Jazeera  

Days after the January 6, 2021 insurrection at the US Capitol, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes tried to get a message to then-President Donald Trump that urged him to fight to stay in power and “save the republic”, according to trial testimony on Wednesday. Rhodes, who is on trial for seditious conspiracy in the attack, said in his message, sent …

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  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A concerned member of the …

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 …

Oath Keepers Sought 'Legal Cover' To Bring Guns To Capitol On Jan. 6
2 years, 2 months ago

Oath Keepers Sought 'Legal Cover' To Bring Guns To Capitol On Jan. 6

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING WASHINGTON — Evidence presented at trial Tuesday showed that Elmer Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right Oath Keepers, started agitating for a strategy to keep President Donald Trump in power by force as early as Nov. 7, 2020 — the date that media outlets called the presidential election for Joe Biden. Prosecutors showed the 16-member jury how …

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 …

Trump at center of Oath Keepers novel defense in Jan. 6 case
2 years, 2 months ago

Trump at center of Oath Keepers novel defense in Jan. 6 case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The defense team in the Capitol riot trial of the Oath Keepers leader is relying on an unusual strategy with Donald Trump at the center. Rhodes’ lawyers have argued Trump could have called up a militia in response to “what he perceived as a conspiracy to deprive a class of persons in several states of their voting rights.” …

Stewart Rhodes was a conspiracy theorist in search of a cause. He found one on January 6
2 years, 2 months ago

Stewart Rhodes was a conspiracy theorist in search of a cause. He found one on January 6

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The group aimed to recruit former military, law …

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes’ path: From Yale to jail
2 years, 2 months ago

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes’ path: From Yale to jail

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — Long before he assembled one of the largest far-right anti-government militia groups in U.S. history, before his Oath Keepers stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Stewart Rhodes was a promising Yale Law School graduate. Rhodes was a compelling speaker and especially in the early years framed the group as “just a pro-Constitution group made up of …

Who Are The Oath Keepers And Elmer Stewart Rhodes?
2 years, 2 months ago

Who Are The Oath Keepers And Elmer Stewart Rhodes?

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Trial is set to kick off Tuesday against five members of Oath Keepers, including the far-right militia group’s leader, as they face the most serious charges to come out of the Capitol riot yet. Though the Oath Keepers will accept anyone as members, they explicitly focus on recruiting current and former military, law enforcement, and first-responder personnel.” …

'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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Oath Keepers' lawyer hit with conspiracy charge
2 years, 3 months ago

Oath Keepers' lawyer hit with conspiracy charge

Raw Story  

The Justice Department has moved forward with the grand jury indictment of Oath Keepers lawyer Kellye Sorelle in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on Congress and violence at the Capitol. IN OTHER NEWS: Sarah Palin loses special election bid for US Congress seat “You mentioned that Mr. Stone wanted to start the Stop the Steal rallies,” an investigator said. …

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 …

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