Category: Oath Keepers

Oath Keepers Tried to Overthrow US Government on Jan. 6, Extremism Analyst Claims in Alaska Trial

Based on “twisted ideas of patriotism” and a desire to keep President Donald Trump in power, the Oath Keepers tried to violently overthrow the United States government on Jan. 6, 2021, an analyst on domestic extremism testified in Alaska Superior Court on Sept. 13 and 14. Jonathan Lewis, a research fellow at the Program on…


Alaska Trial to Decide if GOP State Lawmaker Can be Barred from Office for Being a Member of Oath Keepers

A three-term incumbent Republican lawmaker in Alaska could be removed from office and his 24-point win in the 2022 fall election wiped out because he is a member of the Oath Keepers, under a lawsuit brought by left-leaning political interests that went to trial on Dec. 13. The trial in Alaska Superior Court in Palmer…


Alaska Trial to Decide if GOP State Lawmaker Can be Barred From Office for Being an Oath Keepers Member

A three-term incumbent Republican lawmaker in Alaska could be removed from office and his 24-point win in the 2022 fall election annulled because he’s a member of the Oath Keepers, according to a lawsuit brought by left-leaning political interests that went to trial on Dec. 13. The trial in Alaska Superior Court in Palmer will…


NTD Evening News (Nov. 29): Oath Keepers Founder Convicted of Sedition; China Seeks to Displace US as Global Leader: Pentagon

A jury on Nov. 29 convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Communist China is engaged in a whole-of-nation approach to expand its military and topple the United States as leader of the international order, according to a new report released by the Pentagon. *…


Two Oath Keepers, Including Founder Stewart Rhodes, Found Guilty of Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy

WASHINGTON—Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers militia group, was found guilty by a jury on Nov. 29 of seditious conspiracy connected to the events on Jan 6, 2021. One co-defendant, Kelly Meggs, was also found guilty of seditious conspiracy on Tuesday, while three others—Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins, and Thomas Caldwell—were acquitted of that charge. In…


The Oath Keepers Trial Reaches End of Eighth Week: Defense Officially Rests and Closing Arguments Begin

WASHINGTON—The defense for the Oath Keepers trial rested its case on Nov. 17 at the federal courthouse, and closing arguments began the following morning. Jessica Watkins, the last defendant to testify, underwent intense cross-examination by prosecutor Alexandra Hughes. Hughes focused on Watkins’ messages and other communication about her willingness to fight in a war during…


Oath Keeper Apologizes for Entering the Capitol on Jan. 6

WASHINGTON—A member of the Oath Keepers unexpectedly took the stand in the seditious-conspiracy trial to testify in her own defense on Nov. 16, and apologized for entering the Capitol on Jan. 6. “It was really stupid. I got swept up … I realize it was wrong,” said Jessica Watkins, an Oath Keeper from Hilliard, Ohio. She described…


Federal Judge Twice Blocks Trial Testimony from Oath Keeper Who Led Rescue of Capitol Police on Jan. 6

The federal judge overseeing the Oath Keepers seditious-conspiracy trial in Washington, D.C., twice refused to allow defense testimony on Nov. 14 from an Oath Keeper and retired New York police sergeant who led the rescue of 16 U.S. Capitol Police officers on the east side of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Judge Amit Mehta watched…


Veterans Testify They Joined Oath Keepers to Continue Serving Their Community

WASHINGTON—Veterans testified at the federal courthouse on Oct. 8 that they joined the Oath Keepers organization because it gave them a sense of duty to continue serving their country. Lee Maddox, 43, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, served in the Army for eight years. During his duty, Maddox said, he closely obeyed his mission orders. He told…


Veterans Joined Oath Keepers Organization to Continue Serving Their Community

WASHINGTON—Veterans testified at the federal courthouse on Oct. 8 that they joined the Oath Keepers organization because it gave them a sense of duty to continue serving their country. Lee Maddox, 43, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, served in the Army for eight years. During his duty, Maddox said, he closely obeyed his mission orders. He told…