Tag: Oath Keepers

A Key Jan. 6 Figure Pleads Guilty, Saying She Urged Oath Keepers To Delete Texts

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By Josh Kovensky | August 21, 2024 5:49 p.m.

Stewart Rhodes Pushes Deep State Conspiracy Theories About Trump In New Jailhouse Interview

By Emine Yücel | July 5, 2023 12:38 p.m.

Stewart Rhodes Sentenced To 18 Years For Seditious Conspiracy

By Josh Kovensky | May 25, 2023 1:10 p.m.

Alaskan Who Sued To Boot Oath Keeper From Office: We Tried To ‘Not Give Him A Platform For This Kind Of Stuff’

By Emine Yücel | February 25, 2023 9:00 a.m.

Oath Keeper Alaska Rep Unanimously Censured By Colleagues Over Abused Children Remarks

By Emine Yücel | February 23, 2023 10:14 a.m.

Oath Keeper Alaska Rep Asks If There Are Economic Benefits To The Deaths Of Abused Children

By Emine Yücel | February 22, 2023 12:49 p.m.

Where Things Stand: Will That Be It?

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By Nicole Lafond | January 23, 2023 6:19 p.m.

A jury convicted four more members of the far-right Oath Keepers group of seditious conspiracy today, bringing to a close one the highest-profile prosecutions to be brought thus far in response to the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6. It also leaves us with the question: will that be it when it comes to accountability for the attack?

In closing arguments on Monday, some of the Oath Keepers’ lawyers were not subtle in outlining where they believe the real blame for the attack should lie.

“Responsibility really rests at our politicians’ feet,” Scott Weinberg, the attorney for Oath Keeper David Moerschel said on Monday, per the Washington Post. “The president and Stewart Rhodes were claiming that the world is coming to an end even before the election.”