Watch Roger Stone's Oath Keeper bodyguards practice head shots to "#stopantifa" motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
Federal prosecutors have charged 10 Oath Keepers with conspiring to disrupt Congress on 1/6 and said the plot included “attending or scheduling trainings to learn paramilitary combat tactics.” motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
In this video, some of the Oath Keepers charged, Kelly Meggs, Connie Meggs, and others who like them later acted as security for Roger Stone at events in Florida and DC, engage in the kind of paramilitary training prosecutors seem to be talking about.
Kelly Meggs, the Florida Oath Keepers leader who prosecutors just revealed claimed to have coordinated with the Proud Boys and Three Percenters ahead of Jan. 6, was part of these gun fight trainings. emptywheel.net/2021/03/24/day…
This video was first dug up by @btdecker of Memetica digital investigations, and shared with Mother Jones by @CTExposers. There's a big, international effort to find people who stormed the Capitol and detail their actions. It's great to be part of that. motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
On Thursday evening, prosecutors mentioned the same training described our article in a new motion arguing that Kelly Meggs should remain incarcerated. courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Prosecutors say in their filing that "when interviewed by the FBI," after his Feb. arrest, Kelly Meggs "reported that the group of Oath Keepers did not participate in any firearms training." courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… This video shows that was a lie.
After the training shown in this video, some of the Oath Keepers seen in it - Kenneth Harrelson, an unidentified guy, Kelly Meggs (left to right below) - went to Louisville, where they confronted BLM protests related to Breonna Taylor. insider.com/louisville-pro…
Kelly and Connie Meggs, Andrew Smrecek, the instructor in the video talking about "heads shots," and another participant in the training then acted as "security" for Roger Stone at events in Miami, Tampa (below) and, on 1/5, DC.
Kelly Meggs, in a Nov. 9 Facebook comment, urged political allies to stop just "talking" and start "doing shit" like "training" to "really join the fight," like he did. documentcloud.org/documents/2052…
These Oath Keepers and their pals look like schlubby cosplayers. But this "gunfight training" was among steps in their joining in violent political conflict. That culminated in a bunch of them storming the Capitol. All egged on by Trump, Stone and others. motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
This guy was at the 9.20 and 10.25 "gunfight" trainings. He joined other Oath Keepers in Louisville to oppose BLM, guarded Roger Stone in Miami and stormed the Capitol with other Oath Keepers on 1/6. But he's still at large, unidentified, not charged.
This unidentified Oath Keeper, who appears to have stormed the Congress on 1/6, is in the video of the 9/20 training, which the feds described a filing today. And Kelly Meggs, who the FBI has interviewed, seems to know the guy. So it's surprising the FBI hasn't arrested him.
Our story yesterday on Oath Keepers charged with conspiring to disrupt Congress taking arms training published minutes after feds put some of the same information in new filing. courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… But they didn't include the video, which is here. motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
Also notable, the instructor in the "gunfight training" talking about head shots in the sessions the OKers attended, Andrew Smrecek (2nd from right below) along with Kelly and Connie Meggs and another unidentified guy at the training sessions, acted as "security" for Roger Stone.
Roger Stone is banned from Instagram. But the accounts of his wife Nydia and Smrecek follow each other. motherjones.com/politics/2021/…

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17 Mar
At least five Oath Keepers who did security for Roger Stone have been charged with taking part in the 1/6 attack on the Capitol. motherjones.com/politics/2021/… Stone says never met his security guards; didn't see their faces. But here he is with his security detail from a 12/14 event. Image
Two people in this picture, Graydon Young, far right, and Connie Meggs, to left of Stone, are Oath Keepers charged with conspiring to stop Congress from certifying Biden's victory and other crimes related to the breach of the Capitol. motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
Oath Keepers Jessica Watkins and Donovan Crowl talked about providing security for Roger Stone in DC on January 5 and 6. (Not clear they did.) That makes at least 7 Oath Keepers who’ve been charged in 1/6 attack who did security for Stone or discussed it. cnn.com/2021/03/18/pol…
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Rob Minuta, a tattoo artist who was one of the Oath Keepers who provided security for Roger Stone on January 5, then took part in the attack on the Capitol on 1/6, was arrested Saturday near Newburgh, NY. nbcnewyork.com/investigations….
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