Tag Archives: Oath Keepers

Peter Montgomery reports at Right Wing Watch: Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy for orchestrating a plot to attack the U.S. Capitol to keep President Donald Trump in power after losing the 2020 election, was on stage at Trump’s rally in Las Vegas this weekend. Rhodes appeared in news photos among people standing behind Trump as the president …

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington, D.C., without the court’s approval after President Donald Trump commuted the far-right extremist group leader’s 18-year prison sentence for orchestrating an attack on the U.S. Capitol four years ago. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta issued the order two days after Rhodes visited …

CBS News reports: Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right group the Oath Keepers, visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday, days after he his lengthy prison sentence was commuted by Trump. Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison in May 2023 for seditious conspiracy in one of the longest sentences for crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on …

Washington DC’s CBS affiliate reports: A former Texas prosecutor will serve a year in prison for ordering members of the Oath Keepers militia to destroy evidence about their involvement in the Capitol riot after Jan. 6, 2021. Kellye SoRelle, 45, of Granbury, pleaded guilty in August to one felony count of obstruction of justice and one misdemeanor for entering the …

Law & Crime reports: A U.S. Navy veteran and Oath Keeper who rioted on Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol in a Depends adult diaper was sentenced to time served this week. Thomas Caldwell, 70, learned that he will avoid any further time in custody at his sentencing hearing on Friday in front of U.S. District Court Judge Amit Mehta. …

Washington DC’s CBS affiliate reports: A Texas woman who served as the former general counsel for the Oath Keepers pleaded guilty Wednesday to telling militia members to destroy potentially incriminating messages after the Capitol riot. Kellye Sorelle, 43, of Junction, appeared before U.S. District Judge Amit P. Mehta on Wednesday to enter her plea of guilty to one felony count …

The Washington Post reports: Federal prosecutors have begun moving to drop charges accusing Jan. 6 defendants of obstructing Congress’s confirmation of the 2020 presidential election results, offering new plea deals after the Supreme Court last month restricted the government’s use of that count, according to court filings. Some beneficiaries include members of the extremist Oath Keepers and Proud Boys who …

Law & Crimes reports: A week after a judge deemed Kellye SoRelle mentally competent to stand trial, the former Oath Keepers attorney and onetime girlfriend to convicted seditionist and Oath Keepers leader Elmer Stewart Rhodes has pleaded guilty to conspiring to obstruct the certification of the 2020 election. According to an unopposed motion requesting that the U.S. Marshals Service to …

The Long Beach Press-Telegram reports: Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco is considering running as a Republican for governor in 2026, potentially bringing an outspoken conservative voice to what’s already a crowded field hoping to succeed term-limited Gov. Gavin Newsom. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he made headlines for calling Newsom a bully and refusing to enforce state-mandated business restrictions intended to …

“The victim has the parents, the victim has the teachers, the victim has friends, the victim has relatives that he or she is close to. So, it doesn’t need a priest to be able to go to court and testify. The seal of confession is never to be broken, and priests will go to jail for it.” – Rep. Quang …

The Associated Press reports: A federal judge on Tuesday upheld an obstruction conviction against a Virginia man who stood trial with members of the Oath Keepers extremist group in one of the most serious cases brought in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected a defense effort to throw out the Washington jury’s guilty verdict against …

CBS News reports: The Justice Department plans to appeal the 18-year-prison sentence handed down for Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers, in the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the U.S. Capitol, as well as those of other Oath Keepers, because the terms were not as long as what prosecutors had sought, according to court papers filed Wednesday. …

From the far-right Moonie Times: Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, staring down an 18-year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, said his trial laid out a blueprint for how special counsel Jack Smith will convict former President Donald Trump. “They’re going to do the same thing to President Trump that they …

Washington DC’s CBS affiliate reports: Evaluators hired by the government and defense have determined the former general counsel for the Oath Keepers militia is not currently competent to stand trial, both her lawyer and a federal prosecutor said in court Thursday. Kellye SoRelle, of Texas, was indicted in September on felony counts of conspiracy and obstruction for allegedly instructing members …

Courthouse News reports: A Hawaii resident claiming the state infringed on his right to free speech after recalling a personalized license plate bearing the letters “FCKBLM” asked the Ninth Circuit on Thursday to consider whether license plates are truly representative of government speech or if it becomes messaging merely associated with a private citizen. According to the initial complaint, Edward …

Reuters reports: Oath Keepers militant group member David Moerschel was sentenced on Friday to three years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes arising from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by then-President Donald Trump’s supporters. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said that Moerschel transporting weapons, including a semiautomatic AR-15 rifle, to the Washington area ahead …

The Associated Press reports: A member of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group who was part of a security detail for former President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone before storming the U.S. Capitol was sentenced on Thursday to more than four years in prison. Roberto Minuta, who was seen on video guarding Stone hours before the riot on Jan. …

From the Justice Department: Kenneth Harrelson was sentenced Friday on felony charges for crimes related to the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions 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. Harrelson, 42, of Titusville, Florida, was sentenced …

NBC News reports: A military veteran who stormed the U.S. Capitol with the Oath Keepers on Jan. 6 was sentenced to 8½ years in federal prison Friday after apologizing for her actions. Jessica Watkins told U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta that her actions were “reprehensible,” and apologized for the impact that her conduct had on the country. “My actions and …

First, a reminder about this guy from last year: Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to allow text messages be used in the case against a Marion County man charged in connection with the Capitol riot. FBI agents arrested Kelly Meggs, of Dunnellon, soon after Jan. 6, 2021. They claim he was the Florida leader of the Oath Keepers group …