An Indiana man who on Jan. 6, 2021 provided security for the Oath Keepers militia group was on Friday sentenced to two years of probation after being found guilty of a misdemeanor trespassing charge. Michael “Whip” Greene, of Indianapolis, was on Friday sentenced to two years of probation and 60 hours of community service by Judge […]
The U.S. Department of Justice appealed the Jan. 6-related prison sentences given to eight members of the Oath Keepers, concluding that a federal judge in the District of Columbia was too lenient. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Nestler filed notices of appeal in the criminal cases of Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III and Oath […]
Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III is warning former President Donald Trump that there could be serious legal troubles ahead of him. “They’re going to do the same thing to President Trump that they did to me,” Mr. Rhodes told The Washington Times in an interview published on July 4, while speaking from the D.C. […]
Former Oath Keepers general counsel Kellye SoRelle has been ruled incompetent to stand trial on four Jan. 6 criminal counts, suspending her prosecution indefinitely while she seeks mental health treatment. At a hearing on June 16 in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., Judge Amit Mehta ruled that SoRelle will not stand trial as scheduled […]
Two Army veterans and members of the Oath Keepers have been handed prison sentences following the group’s founder’s conviction for their involvement in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta presided over the sentencing, with Jessica Watkins, a resident of Woodstock, Ohio, receiving a prison term of […]
A U.S. judge on May 25 sentenced the founder of the Oath Keepers militia group to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the U.S. Capitol breach, after a defiant Stewart Rhodes stood before him and insisted he is a “political prisoner.” The House Judiciary Committee sent a letter to […]
A U.S. judge on May 25 sentenced the founder of the Oath Keepers militia group to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to the U.S. Capitol breach, after a defiant Rhodes stood before him and insisted he is a “political prisoner.” “For decades, Mr. Rhodes, it is clear you have wanted the democracy […]
The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking a 25-year prison sentence for Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III after he was found guilty at trial of seditious conspiracy and other Jan. 6-related charges. Such a sentence would by far be the longest of any Jan. 6 criminal prosecution. In a 183-page sentencing memorandum (pdf) […]
Jurors convicted four members of the Oath Keepers on Jan. 23 of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Joseph Hackett of Sarasota, Florida; Roberto Minuta of Prosper, Texas; David Moerschel of Punta Gorda, Florida; and Edward Vallejo of Phoenix were convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes related to […]
Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III testified on Dec. 19 in an Alaska civil trial that he never ordered anyone into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and that the nearly yearlong federal prosecution of him amounts to “persecution by our political enemies.” Speaking from the Alexandria City Jail in Virginia, Rhodes told […]
A jury has handed down verdicts on two members of the Oath Keepers militia group present at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Those include seditious conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding. NTD spoke to Marc Ruskin, a retired FBI special agent with over 20 years of experience working in undercover operations, for analysis […]
A jury on Nov. 29 convicted Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes of seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol breach. Communist China is engaged in a whole-of-nation approach to expand its military and topple the United States as leader of the international order, according to a new report released by the Pentagon.
Defense attorneys in the Oath Keepers seditious-conspiracy trial renewed their request to block federal prosecutors from mentioning two hand grenades allegedly brought to the Washington area after they discovered that DNA found on the grenades does not belong to Florida Oath Keepers member Jeremy Brown. Attorneys for Oath Keepers defendants Kenneth Harrelson and Kelly Meggs […]
Defense attorneys want to depose a retired U.S. Army colonel and test pilot—among the longest serving members of the Oath Keepers—regarding the group’s long-standing role in providing security at events, civil disturbances, and natural disasters. Retired Col. John Siemens, 76, would provide exculpatory testimony benefitting the five defendants in the Oath Keepers seditious-conspiracy trial, but […]
The U.S. government has acknowledged for the first time that five FBI confidential informants were involved with the Oath Keepers, but prosecutors failed to disclose that none of the sources provided evidence of guilt, a defense lawyer said on Sept. 26. Bureau officials have repeatedly declined in congressional hearings to say whether there were agents […]
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Sept. 7 didn’t allow Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III to fire his defense attorneys and bring in new counsel three weeks before the start of his Jan. 6 trial. The judge says a change of lawyers would have postponed the jury selection and the entire trial.
Former Attorney General William Barr weighs in on what he thinks is next in the DOJ-Trump saga. This, while an ex-FBI official says a key document might be thrown out entirely.
The founder of the oath keepers is set to go on trial for his alleged January 6th involvement. He wanted to change lawyers this week, but the judge had different plans.
In Washington state, it would have been the first day of school yesterday. But public school teachers in Seattle went on strike to demand higher pay, staffing ratios, and better working conditions.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) argued that the founder of the Oath Keepers group who allegedly entered the Capitol building on Jan. 6 can’t blame former President Donald Trump for criminal acts during the breach, according to a recent filing. “President Trump did not have the authority to permit or authorize a conspiracy to forcibly […]
A U.S. District Court Judge on Friday dismissed former President Donald Trump’s lawsuit against Twitter, rejecting his argument that the platform violated his First Amendment free speech rights when they censored his tweets and permanently banned his account. However, Judge James Donato of the San Francisco federal district court will allow Trump’s lawyers to file […]
The trials of nine members of the Oath Keepers charged with seditious conspiracy and obstructing a government proceeding were moved back to September 26 and November 29 under a ruling issued by U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington D.C. on May 6. During a May 6 status conference, Judge Mehta agreed to a defense […]
