Oath Keepers

Politics & Government

Oath Keepers face seditious conspiracy charges. DOJ has mixed record with such cases

1:54pm February 01, 2022

by Ryan Lucas

In the biggest Capitol riot case yet, 11 Oath Keepers stand charged of seditious conspiracy. The government faces steep challenges in proving them guilty of the hefty and rare charges.

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Thomasville Oath Keeper not among those charged with seditious conspiracy

8:04pm January 13, 2022

by Paul Garber

Eleven people who the U.S.

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a 2017 rally outside the White House.

Politics & Government

Oath Keepers leader arrested, charged with seditious conspiracy for Jan. 6 riot

7:04pm January 13, 2022

The federal government has charged Stewart Rhodes and 10 others with seditious conspiracy in the most serious case to emerge from its investigation into the Capitol riot.

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District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine announced on Tuesday that the District of Columbia is suing the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys for damages from the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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D.C.'s attorney general is suing the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers over Capitol attack

6:03pm December 14, 2021

by Ryan Lucas

The District of Columbia is seeking damages from the two far-right groups for allegedly conspiring to terrorize the city with the violent attack on Jan. 6.

Law enforcement was able to find images on social media of a person who they say appears to be Beeks and is wearing the same jacket as a man who participated in the Jan. 6 riots.

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A Michael Jackson jacket helped the FBI identify a suspected Capitol rioter

3:01pm November 24, 2021

by Merrit Kennedy

Prosecutors said James Beeks, who played Judas in a Jesus Christ Superstar production and also works as a Michael Jackson impersonator, can be seen in photos and videos from Jan. 6 wearing the jacket.

Rioters take to the steps of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. An NPR analysis found more Capitol riot defendants may have ties to the Oath Keepers, a far-right group, than was previously known.

Capitol riot suspects had more ties to Oath Keepers than previously known

10:40am November 11, 2021

by Tom Dreisbach

NPR has identified previously undisclosed connections between the far-right anti-government group the Oath Keepers and defendants charged in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol riot.

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Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, right, with Riverside City Police Chief Sergio G. Diaz and a California Highway Patrol officer, in a photograph taken in 2019.

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California sheriff defends his past membership in the extremist Oath Keepers militia

4:13pm October 06, 2021

by Scott Neuman

In an interview, Sheriff Chad Bianco sought to minimize his past affiliation with the group, 17 members of which have been indicted in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.