Posted on 01/06/2022 3:05:15 AM PST by RandFan
Stewart Rhodes has insight into the role that Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and Ali Alexander played in recruiting his militia group. Will he tell the Jan. 6 committee?
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, has the power to burn some top right-wing personalities who pissed him off. It’s unclear if he’ll actually do it.
Members of the Oath Keepers, the far-right militia group which featured prominently during last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol, feel betrayed by the headliners of the protests that day—names like Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and Ali Alexander. According to the Oath Keeper’s lawyer, those organizers of the Jan. 6, 2021, rally asked the militia to stand guard for them on that fateful day.
If that’s really the case, it could introduce even more culpability for those GOP figures.
But Rhodes hasn’t decided yet whether he’ll answer questions at his upcoming testimony before the Jan. 6 committee, according to a person familiar with this thinking.
Rhodes was slated to appear before the House panel in a closed-door hearing this week, according to an attorney with direct knowledge of the arrangement, but the testimony was postponed for unclear reasons. If and when Rhodes does appear, though, he could shine a light on a number of key questions for investigators. Rhodes has information about the planning, coordination, and intent of organizers, as well as any possible preparations for violence and connections to government officials.
Rhodes has floated the idea of asserting his Fifth Amendment right against self-discrimination, because he spoke with FBI agents last year about rally organizers and speakers, according to an attorney representing the militia group.
Even if Rhodes—a Yale-educated lawyer—does decide to answer questions, there’s no guarantee he will clear much up for the House committee.
They yell a lot...???
The knowledge these folks have amounts to “ yeah get to the capitol and make some noise, let them know you were robbed of your vote”.
What they dont have is “Pelosi must die” ,”Pence better do something or were burning down DC” , or “Lets take over the Capitol for a few months” like the folks in Portland with the “autonomous” areas.....
Sorry ... leftist conditioned Americans to see what real violence looks like through the summer of 2020. 1/6 was as meek of a insurgency as Ive ever seen in my life. BLM makes Proud Boys etc look like Boy Scouts. People really dont care.
I thought it was being an outsider and simultaneously the most effective POTUS of our lifetimes.
This is the Daily Beast folks. That’s all you need to know. This article should have lost you at “right wing militia”. No, Stuart Rhodes is not deep state. He’s not an FBI stooge. But they want you to believe it.
Agent Epps goes dark feds clueless mum is the word.
Rhodes is a squish. It wouldn’t surprise me at all to find FBI funds in his bank accounts.
Feds?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.