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Tag: Storming of the US Capitol (Jan, 2021)
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Witness in Oath Keepers Sedition Trial Says Leader Promoted Violent Approach
“It sounded like we were going to war against the United States government,” a former member of the militia group testified.
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Jan. 6 Defendant Coordinated Volunteers to Help Glenn Youngkin
The F.B.I. said that Joseph Brody, who helped in Glenn Youngkin’s election as governor of Virginia, knocked a Capitol Police officer backward with a barricade.
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Oath Keepers Texts Provide Window Into Conspiracy Mind-set
Texts and social media posts introduced at the seditious conspiracy trial of Stewart Rhodes and four other members of the far-right militia show fear, aggression and apparent self-delusion.
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Prosecution Makes Opening Arguments in Oath Keepers Sedition Trial
The Justice Department set out its opening arguments in the seditious conspiracy trial of Stewart Rhodes and four other members of the far-right group for their role in the Jan. 6 attack.