Oath Keeper Charged With Conspiracy To Plead Guilty

Politico reports:

Joshua James, one of the 11 Oath Keepers charged with seditious conspiracy alongside the group’s founder Stewart Rhodes, appears poised to plead guilty Wednesday afternoon, a major development in the most serious criminal case to emerge from the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.

James was a member of the Oath Keeper’s leadership who repeatedly messaged with other Oath Keepers about planning for Jan. 6. Prosecutors say he breached the Capitol’s rotunda doors along with other Oath Keepers in the early part of the mob assault on the building.

The indictment against Rhodes and the others indicated that James described a massive arsenal of weaponry that the group had “on standby” in case violence escalated.

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NEW: Oath Keeper Joshua James is slated to plead guilty at 5 p.m. today, potentially offering prosecutors a window into high-level planning by the group for Jan. 6.https://t.co/1Bue9Ivtxe

— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) March 2, 2022

While we wait: It appears a member of the Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy case has taken a plea deal — Joshua James is set to appear later today before the judge pic.twitter.com/tAUeDwGVkV

— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) March 2, 2022

NEW: Joshua James — one of the Oath Keepers who served on Roger Stone’s security detail on Jan. 6 — will be in court at 5 p.m. to accept a plea deal. James is the first Oath Keeper to accept a deal since the seditious conspiracy indictment. https://t.co/Q9rEchchnN

— Jordan Fischer (@JordanOnRecord) March 2, 2022