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31 May, 5 tweets, 3 min read
Back in March, we reported a video that showed a bunch of Oath Keepers who later stormed the Capitol taking a firearms training course. motherjones.com/politics/2021/…
Most of these Oath Keepers had already been charged with conspiracy in March. But one guy who part of the training and stormed the Capitol was still uncharged/unidentified, despite holding up a certificate with his name on it during the firearms training.
In a new indictment Sunday, prosecutors charged four more Oath Keepers including Joseph Hackett, a chiropractor from Sarasota, Fla. He was the unidentified guy at the firearms training and in the "stack" of Oath Keepers who stormed the Capitol on 1/6. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Speaking of prosecutors seeming to take their time, the new indictment has new info on Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes, and is a reminder that feds have seemed poised to charge Rhodes for months. thedailybeast.com/oath-keeper-bo…; storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Feds here to highlight a pattern of calls that suggests Rhodes, who is PERSON ONE, directed the Oath Keepers who stormed Congress on 1/6. You'd imagine that prosecutors hope the other Oath Keepers involved will plead/cooperate and specify what directions Rhodes gave them.

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