Posted on 01/13/2022 12:55:37 PM PST by Ennis85
Eleven people including Stewart Rhodes, the leader and founder of the right-wing militia group the Oath Keepers, have been indicted on charges of seditious conspiracy, marking an escalation of the Justice Department’s investigation into the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 last year.
An indictment unsealed Thursday accused Mr. Rhodes, 56 years old, of organizing an armed plot to storm the Capitol and stop the certification of President Biden’s election victory.
The case marks the first time the Justice Department has filed charges of sedition in connection with the attack and comes days after Attorney General Merrick Garland promised that prosecutors would charge anyone responsible for the Capitol riot “at any level,” not just those who breached the building. Mr. Rhodes didn’t enter the building that day, but prosecutors said he directed his followers there, setting in motion the violence.
His lawyer, Jonathon Moseley, said he was on the phone with Mr. Rhodes Thursday afternoon when agents showed up at his client’s home in Granbury, Texas.
Prosecutors described the 10 other people indicted on seditious conspiracy and other charges as affiliated with the Oath Keepers. Counting Thursday’s indictment, more than three dozen members or affiliates of the Oath Keepers and another far-right group, the Proud Boys, have been arrested in connection with the attack on the Capitol. The Justice Department has charged more than 725 people in the attack to date.
Prosecutors say Mr. Rhodes and other members of the Oath Keepers used encrypted communications apps to coordinate a series of actions leading up to their actions on Jan. 6, including organizing into teams and amassing weapons in the Washington area.
Once protesters had breached the Capitol perimeter, prosecutors say, members of the Oath Keepers marched into the Capitol as a team in “stack formation,” a single-file militarytactic.
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Epps should get out of the country if he’s smart before the Feds decide to make him a sacrificial lamb.
The fact that he hasn’t fled the country should tell you something.
Oh, no! Look at all of our elementary students being taught this seditious military tactic!
Imagine how shocked those that weren’t pardoned are.
They will offer Rhodes the same plea deal they gave Roger Stone. Come up with something to tie President Trump to the plot and we’ll give you immunity.
He probably thought no crime was committed and quite frankly I didn’t see any myself.
Walking into the Capital is a crime? Visiting hours are 830Am to 430Pm and I believe the cost is free. What time did they enter?
The only criminal act I’ve heard about was the murder of Ashli Babbitt which apparently the insider trader Nancy Pelosi is perfectly fine with. And how many of the Jan. 6th tourists were armed? I haven’t read about one.
Plus Adam Kinzinger has been simping for Epps this week on social media.
It took one year to file charges?
“seditious conspiracy”
I have to check but I am about pretty damn sure that there is a very, very precise legal definition of that term when it pertains to actions against the government. The actions either before, during, or after January 6th come nowhere near meeting the definition as understood under statute, rules or case law.
I think that would be showing he believed them guilty of the charges made against them.
Campaign season talking point. Dems in the lawless DOJ know they will never be held accountable and are free to assault their political opponents at their leisure.
Probably the grave mistake was that Trump should have hired BLM and the Antifa groups to burn, destroy and take over the place, and no one would have given it a 2nd thought. Hindsight is always better than foresight.
This is transparently about the midterms and a GOTV tool for Dems.
Bkmk
Even more related was this, that nothing was ever done about. It’s fairly hard to even find stories about it now.
Trump was moved to bunker, sources confirm
“Oath Keepers marched into the Capitol as a team in “stack formation,””
I keep hearing about the dreaded “stack formation”.
Idiots. Now walking in a row is a crime.
Fake arrest. Then he will fake turn on others to supposedly cut a deal.
Sadie Gurman the little city girl bimbo is telling us all about the dreaded “stack formation”. I see guys in a row, I know I am dealing with hard core types... probably Delta, or SEALS...
Just one little snag. Only the Capital Police were armed.
If they had actual evidence that he planned and directed the attack, it would be cited in the complaint. Its absence suggests a weak case. As for “encrypted communications”, that means an app (Signal) used by millions.
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