The Justice Department escalated its January 6 investigation by bringing seditious conspiracy charges against 11 defendants, including the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes.
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- (CNN) The Justice Department escalated its January 6 investigation by bringing seditious conspiracy charges against 11 defendants, including the leader of the Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes.
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- Prepare your mind, body and spirit," Rhodes allegedly said in a November 5, 2020, Signal message.
- Prosecutors have previously said that Rhodes used Signal during the attack to communicate with other members of the Oath Keepers who were at the Capitol.
- Around Inauguration Day, January 20, Rhodes allegedly told associates to organize local militias to oppose the Biden administration.