“What’s the game plan? How are we drawing up battle plans? Are we now going to be public enemy number one by the tyrants,” said a Nov. 4 message from an online Oath Keeper message channel labeled Old Leadership Chat, quoted by FBI agent Michael Palian.
As early as the day after the Nov. 3, 2020, election won by Joe Biden, members of the Oath Keepers militia group began discussing possible efforts to block Biden’s accession to the White House, using violence if necessary, according to evidence presented at the federal trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and four of his alleged associates.
Rhodes and his co-defendants face multiple charges, including seditious conspiracy, a politically controversial and rarely used federal law carrying a sentence of up to 20 years. The charges stem from the Jan. 6, 2021, riot during which a mob of supporters of then-President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol to try to prevent the certification of Biden’s victory.Rhodes himself offered a strong but somewhat rambling response to the query. “Remain Calm,” he allegedly wrote.
On Nov. 8, the Stone friends chat continued to intensify. “We are now where the founders were in March 1775,” group participants were reminded. “So we will step up and push Trump to take decisive action.”Stone has acknowledged that when he was in Washington on Jan. 5 and 6, 2021, members of the Oath Keepers served as his bodyguards. But he has denied any knowledge of or participation in anything to do with the Jan. 6 riot.
Investigators have said that during the chat, Rhodes declared: “I’m willing to sacrifice myself for that. Let the fight start there. That will give President Trump what he needs, frankly. ... If things go kinetic, good. If they throw bombs at us and shoot us, great, because that brings the president his reason and rationale for dropping the Insurrection Act. ... We want him to declare an insurrection, and to call us up as the militia.
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