Prosecutors say Oath Keepers planned 'armed rebellion' against US
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The most significant Jan. 6 trial yet is now underway in federal court, as the leader of the Oath Keepers group and four associates stand accused of “seditious conspiracy.” Prosecutors are arguing that the five intended to “shatter a bedrock of American democracy.”
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Stewart Rhodes, who in 2009 founded the extremist anti-government group, goes on trial with four others in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol; the rest are set for trial in November.
Militia founder Stewart Rhodes and four co-defendants are expected to argue they were preparing for former President Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act on Jan. 6.
The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates planned an "armed rebellion" to keep President Donald Trump in power, a federal prosecutor contended Monday as the most serious case yet went to trial in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Prosecutors are saying at the opening of the most serious case to reach trial in the attack on the U.S. Capitol that the founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates planned for an “armed rebellion” to stop the transfer of presidential power.
Opening statements began Monday in the trial of five members of the Oath Keepers accused of seditious conspiracy. Prosecutors say they wanted to use violence to overturn the results of the election.
By Tierney Sneed The Justice Department’s response to the January 6 US Capitol assault meets one of its biggest tests yet with prosecutors presenting their case for why the alleged plotting of several far-right militia members ahead of the attack amounted to a seditious conspiracy.
A trial starting 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.
It's Day 1 of a marathon slated to last six weeks for the founder of the Oath Keepers and four of his associates who are charged with seditious conspiracy.
Opening arguments begin Monday in the trial of Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group. Rhodes is expected to take the stand in his own defense in what will likely be a five-week trial centering on the January 6th Capitol riots.
The most significant Jan. 6 trial yet is now underway in federal court, as the leader of the Oath Keepers group and four associates stand accused of “seditious conspiracy.” Prosecutors are arguing that the five intended to “shatter a bedrock of American democracy.”
Five members of the far-right group are charged with seditious conspiracy, among the most serious charges related to the Capitol riot. And a recent report showed a large number of members were in Colorado, including cops, military members and politicians.
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