oath keepers

Published
January 23, 2023

Four Oath Keepers convicted of Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

It’s another major victory for the Justice Department, which is also trying to secure sedition convictions against the former leader of the Proud Boys and 4 associates.
Published
December 12, 2022

Second Oath Keepers Jan. 6 sedition trial to get underway

The major question in this trial is whether prosecutors will be convince jurors to convict lower-level defendants of the Civil War-era offense, following the conviction of the group's leader.
Published
December 6, 2022

Low-level Oath Keepers face U.S. sedition trial after leader’s conviction

Jury selection starts Tuesday in Washington for the trial of four more defendants linked to the Oath Keepers. It will be the second of three seditious-conspiracy trials planned by prosecutors following an investigation that has led to more than 900 arrests.
Published
November 29, 2022

Oath Keepers leader found guilty of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 insurrection

One of Stewart Rhodes' co-defendants, Kelly Meggs, was also convicted.
Published
November 22, 2022

Jury begins deliberating in Oath Keepers Jan. 6 sedition trial

The jury will weigh the charges that the Oath Keepers were not whipped into an impulsive frenzy by Donald Trump on Jan. 6 but came to Washington intent on stopping the transfer of presidential power at all costs.
Published
November 7, 2022

Oath Keepers leader testifies he had no plan to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6

Prosecutors have tried to show that for the extremist Oath Keepers, the riot was not a spur-of-the-moment protest but part of a serious, weekslong plot.
Published
October 31, 2022

Second Oath Keepers cooperator says he saw Jan. 6 as ‘Bastille-type’ moment

Oath Keepers member Graydon Young said he believed there was implicit understanding among Oath Keepers who participated in encrypted communications with Stewart Rhodes that he had called for violently opposing President Biden from taking office.
Published
October 22, 2022

In middle of Jan. 6 riot, Oath Keepers chief reached out to Proud Boys

The contents of the 2:32 p.m. call were not available to investigators, but Whitney Drew testified that during the conversation Kelly Meggs began leading his Oath Keepers group in single-file "stack" formation up the stairs.
Published
October 3, 2022

Oath Keepers planned an ‘armed rebellion’ on Jan. 6, prosecutor says as trial starts

Five men are accused of a weekslong plot to stop the transfer of power from Republican Donald Trump to Democrat Joe Biden.
Published
October 1, 2022

Trump at center of Oath Keepers novel defense in Jan. 6 case

Stewart Rhodes and four associates are accused of plotting for weeks to stop the transfer of presidential power from the Republican incumbent to Democrat Biden.