The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking a 25-year prison sentence for Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III after he was found guilty at trial of seditious conspiracy and other Jan. 6-related charges. Such a sentence would by far be the longest of any Jan. 6 criminal prosecution. In a 183-page sentencing memorandum (pdf)…
DOJ Seeks 25-Year Prison Sentence for Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes
May 6, 2023
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DOJ Won’t Retry Oath Keepers’ Operations Director on Felony Obstruction Count
The man who served as operations director for the Oath Keepers on Jan. 6 in Washington D.C. will not be retried on the one felony count on which the jury in his criminal case could not reach a verdict, his attorney said on March 31. On March 20, Michael Greene, 39, of Indianapolis, was found…
EXCLUSIVE: From Jail, Oath Keepers Founder Responds to Guilty Verdict for Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy
March 22, 2023
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Four months after he was found guilty of seditious conspiracy and two other charges related to the U.S. Capitol incursion on Jan. 6, 2021, Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III decried the verdicts as “pre-ordained” results from a “guaranteed-conviction zone.” He also warned conservatives that Jan. 6 was “only the beginning of a political…
4 Oath Keeper Members Convicted of Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy
Jurors convicted four members of the Oath Keepers on Jan. 23 of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Joseph Hackett of Sarasota, Florida; Roberto Minuta of Prosper, Texas; David Moerschel of Punta Gorda, Florida; and Edward Vallejo of Phoenix were convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to…
Alaska Lawmaker Can’t Be Barred From Office Because of Oath Keepers Membership, Judge Rules After Trial
Despite ruling that the Oath Keepers took concrete actions to overthrow the U.S. government on Jan. 6, 2021, an Alaska judge concluded on Dec. 23 that state Rep. David Eastman cannot be barred from office under the Alaska Constitution because he is a member of the Oath Keepers. Alaska Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna issued…
Witness Tells Court It’s ‘Ridiculous’ to Claim Oath Keepers Tried to Overthrow Government on Jan. 6
The accusation in a civil trial that the Oath Keepers tried to overthrow the United States government on Jan. 6, 2021, is “ridiculous,” a New York member of the group and retired police sergeant testified in Alaska Superior Court. Michael Nichols of King Ferry, New York, also testified about the operation he led on Jan….
Jan. 6 Criminal Case is ‘Persecution by Our Political Enemies,’ Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes Testifies in Alaska Civil Trial
December 20, 2022
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Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III testified on Dec. 19 in an Alaska civil trial that he never ordered anyone into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and that the nearly yearlong federal prosecution of him amounts to “persecution by our political enemies.” Speaking from the Alexandria City Jail in Virginia, Rhodes told…
Oath Keepers Founder Testifies in Alaska Civil Trial, Says He Was ‘Wrongly Accused and Wrongly Convicted’
December 20, 2022
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Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III testified on Dec. 19 in an Alaska civil trial that he never ordered anyone into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and that the nearly yearlong federal prosecution of him amounts to “persecution by our political enemies.” Speaking from the Alexandria City Jail in Virginia, Rhodes told…
‘Absurd’ to Call Oath Keepers Insurrectionists or a National Security Threat, Former FBI Agent Testifies
The Oath Keepers did not try to overthrow the U.S. government on Jan. 6 and are not a threat to national security because the group is anti-tyranny, not anti-government, a former FBI agent and Department of Defense analyst testified Dec. 15-16 in Alaska Superior Court. John Guandolo, who handled counter-terrorism and criminal investigations during nearly…
Former FBI Agent at Alaska Trial of Oath Keeper Disputes Assertion Group is Anti-Government
The Oath Keepers did not try to overthrow the U.S. government on Jan. 6 and are not a threat to national security because the group is anti-tyranny, not anti-government, a former FBI agent and Department of Defense analyst testified Dec. 15-16 in Alaska Superior Court. John Guandolo, who handled counter-terrorism and criminal investigations during nearly…
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