Founder of far-right group Oath Keepers must remain in custody pending his trial on charges in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Texas federal judge rules.
and other counts, poses a danger if released, U.S. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson wrote in a 17-page ruling.
The ruling also says Rhodes could easily flee, and that the Oath Keepers that he leads has members across the nation.Prosecutors say Rhodes spearheaded a conspiracy in which he recruited people to go to Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, including plans for an armed “quick reaction force” in Virginia. His attorneys have said that any member of the group that entered the Capitol did so on their own and not at the direction of Rhodes,Attorney Phillip Linder has said the federal government sees Rhodes as “the poster boy for this movement” and “I think they’re trying to shut him down.”
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