Iced Earth Guitarist, Oath Keeper Jon Schaffer’s Jan. 6 Insurrection Sentencing Delayed Until August
The sentencing date for Iced Earth guitarist and Oath Keepers member Jon Schaffer, who was the first person to plead guilty to storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been pushed back to August.
U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta on Monday, moved the date from July 19 to Aug. 2, according to The Republic, because his attorney, Marc Victor, “is scheduled to be out of the country.” Victor, who is part of Attorneys for Freedom Law Firm, claimed that prosecutors did not object to delaying sentencing until after he returns,...
U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta on Monday, moved the date from July 19 to Aug. 2, according to The Republic, because his attorney, Marc Victor, “is scheduled to be out of the country.” Victor, who is part of Attorneys for Freedom Law Firm, claimed that prosecutors did not object to delaying sentencing until after he returns,...
- 4/4/2024
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump told so many lies during his Meet the Press interview that aired Sunday that NBC released a lengthy fact check chronicling his numerous mistruths. He claimed that bacon prices have increased five fold (they have not), that the 2020 election was “rigged” (there is no evidence of this), and that “15 million” undocumented immigrants are “flooding” the U.S. (that figure is a massive overestimate).
During the course of the interview, Trump used the word “rigged” in reference to the election nineteen times. The election, of course, was not rigged.
During the course of the interview, Trump used the word “rigged” in reference to the election nineteen times. The election, of course, was not rigged.
- 9/17/2023
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
Enrique Tarrio — the capo of the Proud Boys on Jan. 6 — has been sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for his part in the seditious conspiracy to block the peaceful transfer of power to President Joe Biden following the 2020 election. Tarrio’s two-decade sentence — the stiffest yet for a Jan. 6 defendant — was handed down Tuesday afternoon in a packed Washington, D.C., courtroom.
Tarrio’s prison term tops that delivered to Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers, who received 18 years for leading that militia’s seditious conspiracy plot on Jan.
Tarrio’s prison term tops that delivered to Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers, who received 18 years for leading that militia’s seditious conspiracy plot on Jan.
- 9/5/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Donald Trump’s team was aware that, if he refused to leave office after the 2020 election, it could spark a mass wave of civil unrest. But the man Trump sought to appoint as attorney general had an easy answer for that, according to the new indictment of the former president: invoke the Insurrection Act.
The indictment lists six as-of-yet unindicted co-conspirators. Co-Conspirator 4 is described as “a Justice Department official who…attempted to use the Justice Department to open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislatures with knowingly false claims of election fraud.
The indictment lists six as-of-yet unindicted co-conspirators. Co-Conspirator 4 is described as “a Justice Department official who…attempted to use the Justice Department to open sham election crime investigations and influence state legislatures with knowingly false claims of election fraud.
- 8/1/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers militia, is facing sentencing as the ringleader of a seditious conspiracy on Jan. 6, 2021 to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president.
The government is seeking to lock up Rhodes for the next 25 years. But Rhodes is arguing he should get a lenient sentence of “time served” out of respect for his history of “good works,” by which he means — and we swear we’re not making this up — creating the Oath Keepers in the first place.
In a court memo filed Monday, Rhodes...
The government is seeking to lock up Rhodes for the next 25 years. But Rhodes is arguing he should get a lenient sentence of “time served” out of respect for his history of “good works,” by which he means — and we swear we’re not making this up — creating the Oath Keepers in the first place.
In a court memo filed Monday, Rhodes...
- 5/8/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Iraq War veteran Kris Goldsmith believes “patriot” and “anti-fascist” should be synonymous — and he’s turning that belief into action with the new Task Force Butler. The nonprofit’s tagline gets right to the point: “We are American veterans who hunt neo-Nazis.”
Goldsmith has seen first hand how fascist and militia groups subvert the trappings of patriotism to ensare veterans in right-wing extremism, and he stood up Task Force Butler as a competing force for good. The group draws its name and inspiration from a larger-than-life Marine, Maj. Gen Smedley Butler,...
Goldsmith has seen first hand how fascist and militia groups subvert the trappings of patriotism to ensare veterans in right-wing extremism, and he stood up Task Force Butler as a competing force for good. The group draws its name and inspiration from a larger-than-life Marine, Maj. Gen Smedley Butler,...
- 2/2/2023
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Four additional members of the right wing Oath Keepers militia were convicted on seditious conspiracy charges in the second major trial regarding the group’s participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes stood trial alongside four of his associates in December. Rhodes and member Kelly Miggs, were found guilty on seditious conspiracy charges.
On Monday, a D.C. jury found Roberto Minuta, Joseph Hackett, David Moerschel, and Edward Vallejo guilty of seditious conspiracy, as well as conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding,...
On Monday, a D.C. jury found Roberto Minuta, Joseph Hackett, David Moerschel, and Edward Vallejo guilty of seditious conspiracy, as well as conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding,...
- 1/23/2023
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The connection between the Oath Keepers militia and the Proud Boys has been a subject of fascination for anyone trying to puzzle together the events of Jan. 6, 2021. The two far-right groups were instrumental in storming the Capitol. Their leaders were both hit with seditious conspiracy charges. But were they actively working together? After all, the two groups were infamously caught on film in a surreptitious Jan. 5 meeting in an underground hotel parking garage in Washington D.C.
The Jan. 6 Committee released key transcripts from its investigation Wednesday evening. Many witnesses...
The Jan. 6 Committee released key transcripts from its investigation Wednesday evening. Many witnesses...
- 12/22/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
The sedition trial of former Proud Boys national chairman Enrique Tarrio is ramping up in Washington, D.C., this week, with jury selection due to begin Monday.
The federal government charges that Tarrio, along with four key deputies, conspired to oppose the transition of power from President Donald Trump to President-Elect Joe Biden by force — with several Proud Boys members wreaking havoc on Jan. 6, 2021, and celebrating afterward.
Following the conviction last month of Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes, the Tarrio trial marks the Department of Justice’s second attempt to...
The federal government charges that Tarrio, along with four key deputies, conspired to oppose the transition of power from President Donald Trump to President-Elect Joe Biden by force — with several Proud Boys members wreaking havoc on Jan. 6, 2021, and celebrating afterward.
Following the conviction last month of Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes, the Tarrio trial marks the Department of Justice’s second attempt to...
- 12/19/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
“You guys aren’t going to believe this, but Alex Jones and Kanye West got together this week, and it didn’t go great,” Colin Jost opened SNL‘s Weekend Update.
In West’s interview with the Sandy Hook school shooting denier, the anti-Semite said, “I like Hitler.” This, Jost joked, “was also the password he used to get into Mar-a-Lago.”
“At this point, I don’t think Kanye is off his meds so much as he’s immune to them. We’re basically dealing with the omicron variant of Kanye.
In West’s interview with the Sandy Hook school shooting denier, the anti-Semite said, “I like Hitler.” This, Jost joked, “was also the password he used to get into Mar-a-Lago.”
“At this point, I don’t think Kanye is off his meds so much as he’s immune to them. We’re basically dealing with the omicron variant of Kanye.
- 12/4/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
A jury has returned two landmark guilty verdicts in the Jan. 6 Oath Keepers trial, convicting founder Stewart Rhodes and fellow militia member Kelly Meggs of seditious conspiracy.
The historic verdict — the most serious yet secured in relation to the events of Jan. 6 — was nonetheless mixed. Alleged co-conspirators Jessica Watkins, Thomas Watkins, and Kenneth Harrelson were found not guilty of sedition. Meggs and Watkins were, however, found guilty of the lesser charge of conspiring to disrupt the counting of the votes of the Electoral College. All five prosecuted members of the...
The historic verdict — the most serious yet secured in relation to the events of Jan. 6 — was nonetheless mixed. Alleged co-conspirators Jessica Watkins, Thomas Watkins, and Kenneth Harrelson were found not guilty of sedition. Meggs and Watkins were, however, found guilty of the lesser charge of conspiring to disrupt the counting of the votes of the Electoral College. All five prosecuted members of the...
- 11/29/2022
- by Tim Dickinson and Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
Regretful Oath Keeper Leader Said Having Rifles on Jan. 6 Would Have ‘Fixed It Right Then and There’
The trial of five members of the Oath Keepers militia group who participated in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot began Monday in the D.C. district courthouse. Stewart Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, Jessica Watkins, Thomas Caldwell, and Kenneth Harrelson are standing trial just across the street from the white marbled complex where a little less than two years ago a crowd of Trump supporters beat police and stormed the halls of Congress in an attempt to prevent the certification of the 2020 election.
Following opening arguments, the prosecution presented footage of Oath Keeper...
Following opening arguments, the prosecution presented footage of Oath Keeper...
- 10/3/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The Jan. 6 Committee investigating the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol has just released walkie-talkie app recordings among Oath Keepers inside the building and “others who were sharing intelligence from elsewhere.” The messages underscore the violent aims of the group as the halls of Congress were overrun.
The voices on the recording delight in hearing the news that Congress members were fleeing for their lives as rioters inspired by then president Trump breached the Capitol.
“There’s no safe place in the United States for any of these motherfuckers right now,...
The voices on the recording delight in hearing the news that Congress members were fleeing for their lives as rioters inspired by then president Trump breached the Capitol.
“There’s no safe place in the United States for any of these motherfuckers right now,...
- 9/15/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Mark Bankston, an attorney for families of children killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook massacre, revealed on Thursday that he has been asked by “various federal agencies and law enforcement” to turn over phone and email records he was unintentionally sent by Alex Jones’ lawyer during the InfoWars host’s defamation trial.
Bankston added that he intends to do so unless the court stops him.
Bankston said in court that he is “under request from various federal agencies and law enforcement” to provide Alex Jones’ phone records.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August...
Bankston added that he intends to do so unless the court stops him.
Bankston said in court that he is “under request from various federal agencies and law enforcement” to provide Alex Jones’ phone records.
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August...
- 8/4/2022
- by Nikki McCann Ramirez
- Rollingstone.com
The January 6th House committee is preparing to request the trove of Alex Jones’s text messages and emails revealed Wednesday in a defamation lawsuit filed by victims of the Sandy Hook massacre, Rolling Stone has learned.
On Wednesday, Sandy Hook victims’ attorney Mark Bankston told Jones that his attorney had mistakenly sent Bankston three years worth of the conspiracy theorist’s emails and text messages copied from his phone.
Now — a source familiar with the matter and another person briefed on it tell Rolling Stone — the January 6th committee...
On Wednesday, Sandy Hook victims’ attorney Mark Bankston told Jones that his attorney had mistakenly sent Bankston three years worth of the conspiracy theorist’s emails and text messages copied from his phone.
Now — a source familiar with the matter and another person briefed on it tell Rolling Stone — the January 6th committee...
- 8/3/2022
- by Adam Rawnsley and Asawin Suebsaeng
- Rollingstone.com
Last week, Nick Quested went to Washington and pulled off a rarity for filmmakers these days: He captured the public imagination without the benefit of Spider-Man or Tom Cruise.
Quested, as some of the 20 million people who tuned into the primetime hearings may recall, testified before Congress about the actions of the Proud Boys during the January 6 insurrection. A veteran documentarian who produced the Oscar-nominated “Restrepo,” Quested was on the ground at the Capitol trailing the extremist group when hundreds of them amassed in Washington. By then, he had been tracking the Proud Boys for months. The night before the riots, he even trailed Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio as he was released from jail and held a clandestine parking-lot meeting with the head of another extremist group, the Oath Keepers’ Stewart Rhodes.
The committee showed this footage and more in a roughly 10-minute assemblage during the first January 6 hearing this month,...
Quested, as some of the 20 million people who tuned into the primetime hearings may recall, testified before Congress about the actions of the Proud Boys during the January 6 insurrection. A veteran documentarian who produced the Oscar-nominated “Restrepo,” Quested was on the ground at the Capitol trailing the extremist group when hundreds of them amassed in Washington. By then, he had been tracking the Proud Boys for months. The night before the riots, he even trailed Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio as he was released from jail and held a clandestine parking-lot meeting with the head of another extremist group, the Oath Keepers’ Stewart Rhodes.
The committee showed this footage and more in a roughly 10-minute assemblage during the first January 6 hearing this month,...
- 6/18/2022
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
Hundreds of Proud Boys assembled near the Capitol on the mid-morning of Jan. 6 — well before Donald Trump’s speech at the ellipse — and appeared to perform reconnaissance for the attack on the Capitol that they would spearhead later that afternoon.
That was the testimony of British documentary filmmaker Nick Quested, live before the Jan. 6 Committee on Thursday night. Quested was embedded with Proud Boys on that day, and his raw footage of violence during the insurrection was featured at length by the committee.
In his testimony, Quested recalled how hundreds...
That was the testimony of British documentary filmmaker Nick Quested, live before the Jan. 6 Committee on Thursday night. Quested was embedded with Proud Boys on that day, and his raw footage of violence during the insurrection was featured at length by the committee.
In his testimony, Quested recalled how hundreds...
- 6/10/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Enrique Tarrio, the national chairman of the Proud Boys during the events of Jan. 6, 2021, has been charged with seditious conspiracy, in a new, superseding indictment filed Monday. Tarrio is already in custody, with a federal judge ruling recently that he should remain locked up until trial.
The new indictment (embedded below) brings Tarrio and four other Proud Boys into dubious company, joining Stewart Rhodes and a slew of militia members from the Oath Keepers, who also face sedition charges in relation to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The...
The new indictment (embedded below) brings Tarrio and four other Proud Boys into dubious company, joining Stewart Rhodes and a slew of militia members from the Oath Keepers, who also face sedition charges in relation to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
The...
- 6/6/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Stewart Rhodes is comparing the U.S. Justice Department to Nazis, and denouncing the prosecution of Jan. 6 defendants as “a war against the entire Maga movement,” an offensive he claims seeks to render Donald Trump ineligible for a 2024 presidential bid.
The Oath Keepers founder spoke out in a recorded rant from the Virginia jail where he’s locked up pending trial on charges he spearheaded a seditious conspiracy to prevent the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Trump to Joe Biden by force. The two-minute, seventeen-second audio was published Thursday...
The Oath Keepers founder spoke out in a recorded rant from the Virginia jail where he’s locked up pending trial on charges he spearheaded a seditious conspiracy to prevent the peaceful transfer of presidential power from Trump to Joe Biden by force. The two-minute, seventeen-second audio was published Thursday...
- 5/13/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
The first rule of Conspiracy Club is don’t record the meetings of Conspiracy Club.
But at least one member of the Oath Keepers — the right-wing militia group whose founder and many top deputies are charged in a seditious conspiracy to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power by force on Jan. 6 — appears to have broken that code of silence, providing the feds with a treasure trove of chilling evidence.
An extended transcript of a GoToMeeting teleconference held by militia founder Stewart Rhodes on Nov. 9. 2020 — shortly after Trump’s election...
But at least one member of the Oath Keepers — the right-wing militia group whose founder and many top deputies are charged in a seditious conspiracy to block the peaceful transfer of presidential power by force on Jan. 6 — appears to have broken that code of silence, providing the feds with a treasure trove of chilling evidence.
An extended transcript of a GoToMeeting teleconference held by militia founder Stewart Rhodes on Nov. 9. 2020 — shortly after Trump’s election...
- 5/11/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
In the buildup to the Jan. 6 insurrection, Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes insisted that Donald Trump could cling to office by exposing the “pedophiles” holding high offices in the federal government. Rhodes also told his followers that their purpose in staging a show of force in Washington, D.C., was to give Trump “positive pressure” to expose the demonic nature of the “deep state.”
“You’ve got to make sure that he knows that you are willing to die to fight for this country,” Rhodes said.
The militia leader...
“You’ve got to make sure that he knows that you are willing to die to fight for this country,” Rhodes said.
The militia leader...
- 5/9/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
GiveSendGo, the Christian right’s version of GoFundMe, is a top platform for Jan. 6 defendants seeking help with legal bills related to the insurrection at the Capitol. “QAnon Shaman” Jake Chansley raised 13,000; Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes has collected (a surprisingly modest) 12,000; Proud Boy leader Enrique Tarrio has raked in 113,000.
But one of the most successful Jan. 6 crowdfunding efforts is providing a legal war chest for a man who is not a defendant at all. At least not yet.
John Eastman is the far-right attorney who juiced Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to subvert 2020 election,...
But one of the most successful Jan. 6 crowdfunding efforts is providing a legal war chest for a man who is not a defendant at all. At least not yet.
John Eastman is the far-right attorney who juiced Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to subvert 2020 election,...
- 5/8/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Once-loyal deputies continue to turn on Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes.
A third Oath Keepers militiaman entered a guilty plea on Wednesday for participating in a “seditious conspiracy” to keep Donald Trump in office by use of force — a plot allegedly masterminded by Rhodes.
William Todd Wilson, 45, is an Oath Keeper from North Carolina who wasn’t included in the initial conspiracy indictment filed back in January. Wilson was formally charged Tuesday, shortly in advance of his plea hearing, where Wilson also pleaded guilty to obstructing the official proceeding of the Electoral College.
A third Oath Keepers militiaman entered a guilty plea on Wednesday for participating in a “seditious conspiracy” to keep Donald Trump in office by use of force — a plot allegedly masterminded by Rhodes.
William Todd Wilson, 45, is an Oath Keeper from North Carolina who wasn’t included in the initial conspiracy indictment filed back in January. Wilson was formally charged Tuesday, shortly in advance of his plea hearing, where Wilson also pleaded guilty to obstructing the official proceeding of the Electoral College.
- 5/4/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
The Jan. 6 committee on Monday requested the voluntary cooperation of three of former President Trump’s biggest supporters in Congress: Reps. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), Mo Brooks (R-Ala.), and Ronny Jackson (R-Texas).
The committee referenced Biggs’ alleged role regarding “various aspects of planning for Jan. 6.” Rolling Stone reported last fall that Biggs was one of several lawmakers who participated in the planning of the rally near the White House that preceded the riot at the Capitol. It noted how Brooks recently said that Trump asked him to “rescind” the 2020 election and...
The committee referenced Biggs’ alleged role regarding “various aspects of planning for Jan. 6.” Rolling Stone reported last fall that Biggs was one of several lawmakers who participated in the planning of the rally near the White House that preceded the riot at the Capitol. It noted how Brooks recently said that Trump asked him to “rescind” the 2020 election and...
- 5/2/2022
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
Brian Ulrich, an Oath Keeper from Georgia, has pleaded guilty to participating in the seditious conspiracy plot that sought to keep Donald Trump in power by force, as well to obstruction of an official proceeding — the certification of the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021.
A tearful Ulrich entered his plea, virtually, in the courtroom of Judge Amit Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. This marks the second guilty plea in the seditious conspiracy case, and Ulrich has promised to cooperate with prosecutors. Ulrich, who is in his mid 40s,...
A tearful Ulrich entered his plea, virtually, in the courtroom of Judge Amit Mehta of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. This marks the second guilty plea in the seditious conspiracy case, and Ulrich has promised to cooperate with prosecutors. Ulrich, who is in his mid 40s,...
- 4/29/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
In our crowd-funded age, one might assume that being the founder of a nearly 40,000 member militia would confer advantages when it comes to raising cash online.
But for Stewart Rhodes — the Oath Keepers honcho charged with leading a seditious conspiracy to block, by force, the transfer of power from Donald Trump to president Joe Biden — appeals for help funding his legal defense fund have gone all but unanswered.
Rhodes was indicted just after the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurgency, and since Jan. 31 a banner headline at the top of the OathKeepers.
But for Stewart Rhodes — the Oath Keepers honcho charged with leading a seditious conspiracy to block, by force, the transfer of power from Donald Trump to president Joe Biden — appeals for help funding his legal defense fund have gone all but unanswered.
Rhodes was indicted just after the one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurgency, and since Jan. 31 a banner headline at the top of the OathKeepers.
- 4/13/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol building has been examining the role far-right militant groups played in efforts to overturn President Trump’s election loss and the violence that erupted that day. As part of the investigation, the committee has obtained footage of Proud Boys leaders — including four minutes that may contain audio of a key meeting — and testimony linking the right-wing group First Amendment Praetorian to the organizers of the Jan. 6, 2021, rally on the White House Ellipse, where Trump urged the crowd...
- 3/26/2022
- by Hunter Walker
- Rollingstone.com
In the waning days of the Trump administration, Roger Stone railed against the outgoing president for refusing to issue preemptive pardons relating to the Jan. 6 insurrection, The Washington Post reported on Friday. Stone called the man he helped win the presidency in 2016 the “greatest single mistake in American history,” according to video footage obtained by the paper.
The footage, shot by a Danish film crew for an upcoming documentary about Stone called “A Storm Foretold,” also offered details about the extent to which the longtime Trump adviser may have been...
The footage, shot by a Danish film crew for an upcoming documentary about Stone called “A Storm Foretold,” also offered details about the extent to which the longtime Trump adviser may have been...
- 3/4/2022
- by William Vaillancourt
- Rollingstone.com
A member of the Oath Keepers militia who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy, admitting to charges he and others attempted to block the peaceful transfer of power by force. Joshua James, a 34-year-old veteran from Alabama, is the first member of the conspiracy to plead guilty, and the “statement of offense” he signed, admitting to his criminal conduct, includes chilling new details about the plot — including that the Oath Keepers were on standby to use “lethal force” at the White House.
The...
The...
- 3/3/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
Orlando — The Conservative Political Action Conference, the nation’s premier gathering of right-wing, pro-Donald Trump die-hards is here this year. The American First Political Action Conference, the nation’s premier gathering that includes right-wing, pro-Donald Trump die-hards who are also overt and public white nationalists, is here this year too. In theory, the two events are separate, hosted at different hotels, selling different tickets, and separated by 10 miles of Florida highway. In practice, and in ideology, the lines are a bit blurry, and it’s unclear whether anyone in...
- 2/26/2022
- by Steven Monacelli
- Rollingstone.com
Stewart Rhodes — the founder of the Oath Keepers — will be jailed until he faces trial on charges he plotted a “seditious conspiracy” to block the peaceful transfer of power and keep president Biden out of the White House by force.
Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee on the D.C. District Court, passed down the ruling Friday afternoon, denying a plan proposed by Rhodes’ legal team that would have let the militia leader live with a cousin in California.
Mehta characterized Rhodes as “extremely sophisticated,” and likely able to undermine...
Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee on the D.C. District Court, passed down the ruling Friday afternoon, denying a plan proposed by Rhodes’ legal team that would have let the militia leader live with a cousin in California.
Mehta characterized Rhodes as “extremely sophisticated,” and likely able to undermine...
- 2/18/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
The legal team of Stewart Rhodes, founder of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia, has presented a startling defense seeking his release as he awaits trial on charges he organized a “seditious conspiracy” to forcefully block the peaceful transfer of presidential power.
In a new court filing, Rhodes’ lawyers do not contest core facts at the center of the government’s case — specifically that Rhodes rallied his militia to Washington, D.C., and stockpiled arms across the river in Virginia in anticipation of a potentially bloody battle. But the memo claims...
In a new court filing, Rhodes’ lawyers do not contest core facts at the center of the government’s case — specifically that Rhodes rallied his militia to Washington, D.C., and stockpiled arms across the river in Virginia in anticipation of a potentially bloody battle. But the memo claims...
- 2/15/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
The FBI is investigating a clandestine meeting between Proud Boys and Oath Keepers in a downtown Washington, D.C., parking garage the day before the Capitol Riot.
Reuters reported on Tuesday that the FBI is looking into a meeting between about half a dozen far-right leaders, including Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio, and several other extremists, including a lawyer who worked for both the Oath Keepers and the Latinos for Trump coalition.
The FBI has been looking for evidence that leaders of the most violent militia movements present at Jan.
Reuters reported on Tuesday that the FBI is looking into a meeting between about half a dozen far-right leaders, including Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, Proud Boys Chairman Enrique Tarrio, and several other extremists, including a lawyer who worked for both the Oath Keepers and the Latinos for Trump coalition.
The FBI has been looking for evidence that leaders of the most violent militia movements present at Jan.
- 2/8/2022
- by Jack Crosbie
- Rollingstone.com
Lara Trump, who recently made headlines for speculating on Fox News that Clippy the Microsoft Word assistant is spying on her documents, made a pit stop in north Texas Wednesday ahead of her father-in-law’s rally in Houston this Saturday to speak at an event organized by the Collin County Conservative Republicans and the Dallas Jewish Conservatives.
About three hundred people turned out to hear her speak alongside Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is currently embroiled in a controversy regarding his refusal to hand over electronic communications related to...
About three hundred people turned out to hear her speak alongside Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is currently embroiled in a controversy regarding his refusal to hand over electronic communications related to...
- 1/27/2022
- by Steven Monacelli
- Rollingstone.com
Stewart Rhodes will remain jailed until trial on charges of seditious conspiracy for attempting to forcefully block the transfer of presidential power on — and after — Jan. 6, 2021.
On Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge in Plano, Texas, ruled that Rhodes, the founder of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia, should be denied bail. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson announced her decision in a 17 page decision (embedded below). Johnson wrote that Rhodes’ “authoritative role in the conspiracy, access to substantial weaponry, and ability to finance any future insurrection, combined with his continued advocacy for violence against the federal government,...
On Wednesday afternoon, a federal judge in Plano, Texas, ruled that Rhodes, the founder of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia, should be denied bail. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson announced her decision in a 17 page decision (embedded below). Johnson wrote that Rhodes’ “authoritative role in the conspiracy, access to substantial weaponry, and ability to finance any future insurrection, combined with his continued advocacy for violence against the federal government,...
- 1/26/2022
- by Tim Dickinson
- Rollingstone.com
After a long day of rage-tweeting about how unfairly he’s been treated over his efforts to pressure the Ukrainian government to investigate Joe Biden, President Trump on Sunday night raised the specter of a civil war should the Democrats’ new impeachment inquiry prove successful.
The nod to a potential violent outbreak came as part of a four-tweet thread quoting Texas-based pastor and Fox News contributor Robert Jeffress. “If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War...
The nod to a potential violent outbreak came as part of a four-tweet thread quoting Texas-based pastor and Fox News contributor Robert Jeffress. “If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War...
- 9/30/2019
- by Ryan Bort
- Rollingstone.com
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