Early Monday afternoon, a federal judge in Plano decided to postpone the decision over whether to release Oath Keepers Leader Elmer Stewart Rhodes on bail.
Seditious conspiracy charges, though rarely used, carry a sentence of up to two decades in prison. Prosecutors are banking on comments they say Rhodes made in the lead-up to the election certification last year.
Rhodes allegedly said that if Biden became president, “we will have to do a bloody, massively bloody revolution against them.” Founded in 2009, the Oath Keepers claim a membership of tens of thousands that includes former and current law enforcement officers and members of the U.S. military. In recent years, the group has flocked to protests around the country to rally in Trump’s defense or against left-wing protesters or Black Lives Matter activists.
“We are already in a fight,” Rhodes wrote in the letter. “It’s better to wage it with you as Commander-in-Chief than to have you comply with a fraudulent election, leave office, and leave the White House in the hands of illegitimate usurpers and Chinese puppets.” In a court filing against one of the 11 militiamen facing seditious conspiracy charges, prosecutors allege the Oath Keepers stockpiled aWith Rhodes and other prominent Oath Keepers on trial,Since we started the, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Dallas, and we'd like to keep it that way. With local media under siege, it's more important than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism.
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