Tag Archives: Oath Keepers

Man At Center Of Cultist Conspiracy Claims To Testify

Politico reports: Ray Epps, the former Arizona Oath Keeper at the center of pro-Trump conspiracy theories related to Jan. 6., intends to sit for a transcribed interview Friday with the select committee investigating the attack on the Capitol, his attorney said in a phone interview. Epps, who has become the centerpiece of an unsupported GOP claim that the FBI incited …

Read More »

GOP Oath Keeper Leads Campaign To Unseat Cheney

The Daily Beast reports: Frank Eathorne, who was revealed in a leak last year to be one of 191 Wyoming-based members of the far-right militia group, was in Washington for protests on Jan. 6. But Eathorne is no rank-and-file fringe crank. He is the sitting chairman of the Wyoming Republican Party. That role has made him one of the more …

Read More »

Inside The Oath Keepers’ Plot To Overturn The Election

The Associated Press reports: “We aren’t getting through this without a civil war,” the group’s leader, Stewart Rhodes, wrote fellow members, according to court documents. “Too late for that. Prepare your mind. body. spirit.” Five days after the election, when The Associated Press and other news outlets declared Democrat Joe Biden the winner, the documents say Rhodes told Oath Keepers …

Read More »

Lawyer Claims She’s Now In Charge Of Oath Keepers

Law & Crime reports: An attorney who once used the “Lord of the Rings” as a litigation blueprint for a dubious and failed attempt to sideline Joe Biden via the federal courts reportedly now says she’s the leader of the “Oath Keepers.” Kellye SoRelle told CBS News that she is running the far-right group in the absence of Stewart Rhodes, …

Read More »

Carlson Praises Oath Keeper As “Loyal American”

Media Matters has the transcript: TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): Is Thomas Caldwell a seditionist? Is he an enemy of this nation? On January 6th, was Thomas Caldwell trying to overthrow the U.S. Government by force? That’s a pretty hard case to make. Caldwell’s indictment paints him as a dangerous militia leader who was planning a sort of D-Day invasion on the …

Read More »

Alex Jones Blames Cruz For Arrests Of Oath Keepers

“We’ve asked why Ray Epps hasn’t been arrested. And that’s really what’s happening here. Stewart Rhodes has been indicted for doing absolutely nothing and not calling for a breach in the Capitol to cover up for Ray Epps because Sen. Ted Cruz and others brought it up in Congress as one of the top trending stories on Google, Twitter, Facebook, …

Read More »

BREAKING: Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes, Ten Oath Keepers Arrested On Seditious Conspiracy Charges

The Washington Post reports: Stewart Rhodes — founder and leader of the extremist group Oath Keepers, whose members are accused of being key players in the Jan. 6 attack on Congress — has been indicted and arrested, people familiar with the matter said Thursday. The 56-year-old, who was at the Capitol that day but has said he did not enter …

Read More »

State Senator: Teachers Should Be Impartial On Nazis

The Indianapolis Star reports: During a committee hearing Wednesday about Senate Bill 167, a wide-ranging bill inspired by the national discourse over critical race theory, history teacher Matt Bockenfeld raised concerns about what the bill would require of teachers. “For example, it’s the second semester of U.S. history, so we’re learning about the rise of fascism and the rise of …

Read More »

Riot Committee Seeks Phone Records Of Oath Keepers

Politico reports: Two Florida-based members of the Oath Keepers facing conspiracy charges for breaching the Capitol are suing the Jan. 6 committee to block a subpoena for their personal phone records. Kelly and Connie Meggs, two of 19 defendants in the most sprawling case to emerge from the mob attack on the Capitol, say they were notified of the subpoena …

Read More »

DC Attorney General Sues Proud Boys, Oath Keepers

The Washington Post reports: D.C. Attorney General Karl A. Racine (D) on Tuesday sued the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over the Jan. 6 attack on Congress, seeking to use a law written to cripple the Ku Klux Klan to exact stiff financial penalties from the far-right groups that Racine alleges were responsible for the violence. The lawsuit filed in …

Read More »

Broadway Performer Arrested Over Capitol Riot [VIDEO]

From the Department of Justice: A Florida man, an affiliate of the Oath Keepers, was arrested today on charges related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, which disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress that was in the process of ascertaining and counting the electoral votes related to the presidential election. James Beeks, 49, of …

Read More »

House Capitol Riot Committee Subpoenas Leaders Of Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, 1st Amendment Praetorian

Politico reports: The Jan. 6 select committee on Tuesday subpoenaed the leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, extremist groups that responded to Donald Trump’s call to descend on Washington and played central roles in the attack on the Capitol. The House committee issued subpoenas Tuesday to Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, as …

Read More »

Hacked Data: Dozens Of OR Cops Are Oath Keepers

Oregon Public Radio reports: Not long after the pro-gun rally in Salem, Portland police officer Joseph Webber appears to have joined the Oath Keepers militia, an anti-government, anti-immigrant extremist group that was thrust into the national security spotlight for its role in the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol insurrection. According to data leaked earlier this month and reviewed by OPB, Webber …

Read More »

Hacked Records Reveal Oath Keepers Among NJ Cops

Gothamist reports: Over the last decade, dozens of current and former law enforcement officers, military personnel, and government officials in New Jersey joined a far-right, anti-government militia called the Oath Keepers, according to a WNYC/Gothamist analysis of what appear to be membership rolls obtained by an anonymous hacker. In response, the state’s Attorney General’s office said it was troubled by …

Read More »

Ex-House Candidate/Oath Keeper Arrested In DC Riot

Tampa’s CBS News affiliate reports: A former Florida candidate for Congress was arrested this week on charges related to the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. In probable cause documentation, the Department of Justice — citing video and photo evidence — accuses Jeremy Brown of being on Capitol grounds in full military apparel. He, too, is said to have …

Read More »

Hack Reveals NYPD Members Of Oath Keepers

Gothamist reports: New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s office said it will scrutinize NYPD ranks following a WNYC/Gothamist investigation of online records that appears to tie several New York law enforcement officers and public officials—including at least two active members of the NYPD—to a far-right, anti-government militia. The mayor’s investigation comes after an anonymous hacker released what it claims …

Read More »

FLIPPER: Oath Keeper Pleads Guilty, Will Cooperate

The Washington Post reports: A second defendant in the largest Jan. 6 Oath Keepers conspiracy case is set to plead guilty Wednesday and cooperate with prosecutors, according to court filings. Jason Dolan, 44, of Wellington, Fla., is scheduled for a 4 p.m. plea hearing before U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta in Washington, D.C., the court said. Dolan, a 20-year …

Read More »

Trump Backs QAnon Oath Keeper For AZ Sec Of State

The Arizona Mirror reports: Donald Trump endorsed state Rep. Mark Finchem in the crowded Republican primary for secretary of state, throwing his support behind a candidate who one of Arizona’s most vocal proponents of the false allegations that the 2020 presidential election was rigged. In an endorsement statement he issued on Monday, Trump called Finchem “a true warrior” and lauded …

Read More »

Seven Capitol Police Officers Sue Trump, Roger Stone, Oath Keepers, And Proud Boys For Inciting Capitol Riot

The Associated Press reports: U.S. Capitol Police officers who were attacked and beaten during the Capitol riot filed a lawsuit Thursday against former President Donald Trump, his allies and members of far-right extremist groups, accusing them of intentionally sending a violent mob on Jan. 6 to disrupt the congressional certification of the election. The suit in federal court in Washington …

Read More »

Ex-Cop Oath Keeper Charged With Burning Evidence

The Lexington Dispatch reports: Laura Steele, a Thomasville resident and former High Point police officer arrested in connection to the Capitol riot, faces additional charges after prosecutors say she burned evidence the day after the attack on the Capitol. Steele and her brother, Graydon Young, returned to Steele’s home in Thomasville following the Capitol riot. On Jan. 7, the day …

Read More »