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Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes, 10 Others Charged With Seditious Conspiracy in Jan. 6 Probe
Wall Street Journal ^ | January 13th 2022 | Sadie Gurman and Byron Tau

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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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 20210106; biden; byrontau; capitolriot; electionfraud; fedsurrection; jan6; january6th; merrickhimmler; oathkeepers; rayepps; sadiegurman; seebreakingnews; stewartrhodes; theeffers; thefedsurrection; thesteal; thestealisreal; voterfraud; wallstreetjournal; wsj
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1 posted on 01/13/2022 12:55:37 PM PST by Ennis85
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So they’ve identified the 11 people who were taking paychecks from the FBI.


2 posted on 01/13/2022 12:57:14 PM PST by struggle
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My nickel says this is nothing but a smokeshow to hide Rhodes’ involvement as an FBI informant and Rhodes walks.


3 posted on 01/13/2022 12:58:29 PM PST by eastexsteve
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Outrageous. The democrats are desperate. They are going to unleash hell on ‘us.’ They want us eliminated by any means necessary. They want us dead.


4 posted on 01/13/2022 12:58:56 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: struggle

I am still shocked that Trump left office without pardoning everyone involved in Jan 6th


5 posted on 01/13/2022 12:59:25 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009
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To: Ennis85

The charges will almost certainly be garbage but the most important thing is to take away the retort of “How come no one has been charged with sedition or insurrection?”

Talking point box checked.


6 posted on 01/13/2022 12:59:29 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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“… 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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LOL - “stack formation”! Does this mean that they were among the hundreds who were actually let in by the Capital Police and walked in peacefully, single file.


7 posted on 01/13/2022 1:00:02 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: eastexsteve

This is all to take the heat off of Ray Epps, except for most reasonable people this only raises more questions about Epps involvement with January 6th and why is he still a free man.


8 posted on 01/13/2022 1:00:35 PM PST by SlipperySlope99
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Now do Ray Epps.

Or did Ray turn on Rhodes when he went in to lie to the Unselect Committee?


9 posted on 01/13/2022 1:00:44 PM PST by Lakeside Granny (Vote RED~R.emove E.very D.emocrat~D&S)
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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.

Next up, anyone who has mentioned it on FR.

10 posted on 01/13/2022 1:01:01 PM PST by PGR88
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https://www.justice.gov/opa/press-release/file/1462481/download

Only Rhodes is charged with seditious conspiracy.


11 posted on 01/13/2022 1:01:10 PM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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12 posted on 01/13/2022 1:01:23 PM PST by Pollard (PureBlood -- https://youtube.com/watch?v=VXm0fkDituE)
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To: House Atreides

Didn’t the Capitol police intruct them to be in single file?


13 posted on 01/13/2022 1:01:49 PM PST by BiglyCommentary
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Very weak case since nobody showed up armed to the "Armed Insurrection".

14 posted on 01/13/2022 1:01:57 PM PST by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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“ My nickel says this is nothing but a smokeshow to hide Rhodes’ involvement as an FBI informant and Rhodes walks.”
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And note that Rhodes himself did not enter the Capitol building. I see a pattern building.


15 posted on 01/13/2022 1:02:13 PM PST by House Atreides
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Was any member of Congress harmed on Jan.6th? Was any threatened with death? I seem to recall right after Trump won the election in 2016 it was non-stop protests and riots day after day with property damage, death threats against electors, and even a threat to “blow up the White house” by professional slut Madonna, and it wasn’t long after that Kathy Griffin posted a threat to behead Trump. How many of these people were charged with sedition?


16 posted on 01/13/2022 1:02:27 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: BiglyCommentary

Yes, they did.


17 posted on 01/13/2022 1:02:57 PM PST by House Atreides
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To: SlipperySlope99
This is all to take the heat off of Ray Epps, except for most reasonable people this only raises more questions about Epps involvement with January 6th and why is he still a free man.

Actually this puts MORE heat on Epps since the defense of Epps states he didn't actually go INTO the Capitol building as he was urging others to do. Well, Stewart Rhodes also did NOT go INTO the Capitol Building.

18 posted on 01/13/2022 1:03:43 PM PST by PJ-Comix (Contrary Views NOT Allowed on "The View")
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To: Ennis85

But antifa and Burn Loot Murder can run around with firebombs.


19 posted on 01/13/2022 1:03:48 PM PST by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now! Desantis 2024!!!)
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That was my first thought...
Others have been out there with “nobody has been charged with that” so they felt the need.


20 posted on 01/13/2022 1:04:17 PM PST by RebelTXRose (Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us! PRAY THE ROSARY!)
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