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September 8, 2022

Hundreds of Law Enforcement Officers Listed as Members of Oath Keepers Militia
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has rejected a bid by the founder
of the far-right Oath Keepers militia to delay his trial on seditious
conspiracy charges over his role in the January 6 assault on Congress.
Prosecutors say 57-year-old former U.S. Army paratrooper Stewart Rhodes
ordered Oath Keepers under his command to spread out in a military
formation inside the Capitol looking for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi,
while a heavily armed "quick reaction force" stood by at a hotel just
outside of Washington ready to take action.

This comes as a new report reveals more than 370 law enforcement
professionals appear to be linked to the Oath Keepers. The
Anti-Defamation League found the names among some 38,000 listed as
members in a leaked Oath Keepers membership list. They include police
chiefs and sheriffs and more than 80 people who were either running for
public office or already serving as elected officials.


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