Oath Keepers leader to stay jailed until Capitol riot trial

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN

A federal judge refused Friday to free Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from jail while he awaits trial on charges that he plotted with other members of his far-right militia group to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s electoral victory.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said federal prosecutors have presented “compelling if not strong” evidence against Rhodes, who has been the group’s leader since its 2009 founding. Rhodes poses a “clear and convincing danger” to the public, the judge said during a remote hearing.

“His ability to communicate, organize are his greatest weapons,” Mehta said, calling Rhodes an “extremely sophisticated individual.”

Rhodes and 10 other people linked to the Oath Keepers are the first to be charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack at the Capitol. Four other Oath Keepers defendants charged with seditious conspiracy remain jailed pending a trial set for July.



FILE - This photo, provided by the Collin County Sheriff's Office shows Stewart Rhodes. A federal judge refused on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, to free Oath Keepers founder Rhodes from jail while he awaits trial on charges that he plotted with other members of his far-right militia group to attack the U.S. Capitol to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden's electoral victory. (Collin County Sheriff's Office via AP, File)


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[underpants]

1. Yale Law, former Ron Paul staffer, something went wrong here...oh the the Lord of the Rings lawsuit

J.R.R. Tolkien's fantasy tale about hobbits and elves and hobbits in the magical land of Middle-earth was cited as precedent.

The Beast reported the effort "somehow got weirder. In its most absurd iteration—with Davis, not SoRelle, at the helm—the lawsuit asked a federal judge to put the government into a receivership styled after the mythical kingdom of Gondor from The Lord of The Rings. 'During the course of the epic trilogy, the rightful King of Gondor had abandoned the throne,' the lawsuit explained. 'Since only the rightful king could sit on the throne of Gondor, a steward was appointed to manage Gondor until the return of the King, known as ‘Aragorn,’ occurred at the end of the story.'"

https://www.rawstory.com/stewart-rhodes-lord-of-the-rings/

[Chainfire]

2. It this guy is so smart and well organized

Why is he in jail? Hopefully, come trial time, the jurors will place him where the only thing that he can "organize" is his socks.
The man is the worst kind of traitor to the people of the nation.

[The Grand Illuminist]

3. He is not to be underestimated, even in jail.

They better have the best code breakers to proof read his letters before it is sent out.

[rurallib]

4. Hope you never see the outside again, Elmer!

[GB_RN]

5. Elmer (Fudd), The Goat Keeper, Got What He Deserved...

I just hope that justice keeps being served to this douchebag.