Title: Prosecutors: Oath Keeper Bragged of ‘Alliances’ With Proud Boys, Other Groups, Ahead of Insurrection Source:
US NEWS URL Source:https://www.usnews.com/news/nationa ... r-groups-ahead-of-insurrection Published:Mar 24, 2021 Author:y Claire Hansen, Post Date:2021-03-24 19:17:58 by Gatlin Keywords:None Views:656 Comments:3
The alleged leader of a Florida-based faction of the Oath Keepers said he coordinated with other extremist groups, including the Proud Boys, to plan violent actions at the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The Oath Keepers militia has seen better days. Members of the far-right group’s leadership are facing conspiracy charges for their alleged role in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. Prosecutors are reportedly considering rare sedition charges against those members, and Oath Keepers’ fundraising efforts have stalled after companies like Amazon banned the group from their charity programs.
But they have one great, shining hope: a crowd-funding effort spearheaded by a lawyer who recently tried to dissolve Congress and reinstall Donald Trump using a lawsuit that cited politics from Lord of the Rings, the fantasy trilogy about elves.
Oath Keepers founder is said to be investigated in Capitol riot
FBI agents and federal prosecutors are investigating Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers militia, for any role he might have played in the storming of the Capitol two months ago, according to court documents and a law enforcement official with knowledge of the matter.
While the inquiry is in its nascent stages, the official said, its existence shows that investigators appear to be targeting the senior leadership of the paramilitary group that Rhodes has run for more than a decade.
