Sedition Trial of Oath Keepers/Trumpers Gets Underway
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Oath Keepers trial begins in highest profile Jan. 6 case to date
Leaders of the far-right Oath Keepers sought to end the country’s history of peaceful transitions of presidential power in order to keep Donald Trump in office, prosecutors contended on Monday, opening the most significant trial yet to emerge from the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Oath Keepers trial: Jan. 6 was ‘rebellion,’ prosecutor says
The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates planned an “armed rebellion” to keep President Donald Trump in power, a federal prosecutor contended Monday as the most serious case yet went to trial in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Sedition Trial of Oath Keepers Gets Underway
Jury selection began on Tuesday in the case of Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the far-right militia group, and four other members charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Jury selection began Tuesday in one of the most high-profile Jan. 6 Capitol riot-related cases against accused Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy.
This is the biggest trial regarding the January 6th insurrection/domestic terrorist attack to date. Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers leader, has said he wants to testify, as he has "lots to say".