A January 6 conspiracy case just got far worse for this group of pro-Trump extremists

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NEWS: As Republican leaders try to cover up what led to January 6, a conspiracy case grows against pro-Trump extremists who stormed the Capitol and appears to be closing in on the founder of the Oath Keepers militia group

A January 6 conspiracy case just got far worse for this group of pro-Trump extremists
The feds have 16 Oath Keepers—and the group's founder—in their sites.
motherjones.com
7:58 AM · Jun 2, 2021

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/january-6-conspiracy-congress-insurrection-oath-keepers-trump-roger-stone/

Federal prosecutors have broadened their January 6 conspiracy case against Oath Keepers, charging four additional members of the far-right militia group on Sunday in a plot allegedly involving at least 16 people to disrupt the certification of the 2020 presidential election. Federal agents also recently executed a search warrant targeting the group’s founder and seized his phone, an Oath Keepers’ attorney told Mother Jones on Tuesday.

The conspiracy case has deepened against a stark political backdrop: Just ahead of this past Memorial Day weekend, Senate Republicans blocked a bipartisan commission that would investigate what led to the Jan. 6 insurrection, a historic assault on Congress in which throngs of belligerent Trump supporters viciously attacked police, ransacked the Capitol Building and threatened to kill lawmakers and Vice President Mike Pence. But even as Republican leaders impede further exposure of their party’s role in the “stolen election” lie that fueled the attack, the case against the Oath Keepers continues to reveal the influence of that incendiary rhetoric.

According to an indictment issued by the Justice Department on Sunday, during the week prior to the insurrection, various Oath Keepers held online meetings to plan the “DC op” for Jan. 6. They used encrypted apps and private messaging on social media to discuss preparations for a QRF, or “quick reaction force,” that would be ready to launch an armed assault in the nation’s capital. “[W]e have a shitload of QRF on standby with an arsenal,” one defendant commented on Dec. 31, responding to an offer from an unidentified individual to “coordinate help” from “friends not far from DC with a lot of weapons and ammo.”

“QRF will be our Law Enforcement members of Oathkeepers,” another defendant wrote on January 3, asking in a separate message the following day: “Where can we drop off weapons to the QRF team? I’d like to have the weapons secured prior to the Op tomorrow.”

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[peppertree]

1. Next up: Enrique "trash can" Tarrio

("tarro" means trash can in Spanish)

[llashram]

2. DROP THE HAMMER!!!

on these clowns and their Congressional help from both Houses...

[PortTack]

3. The feds are coming for them. Some think they have skated...it's only a matter of time

[Goonch]

4. Oaf Keeper

[The Magistrate]

5. A Warrant On Rhodes, Ma'am?

That's very good news.

That boy needs a decade or two in stir.