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d breached the Capitol. Rioters broke windows and breached the Capitol building in an attempt to overthrow the results of the 2020 election. Police used batons and tear gas grenades to eventually disperse the crowd. Rioters used metal bars and tear gas as well against the police. The leader and members of the Oath Keepers militia group were prepared to engage in serious violence after the November 2020 election to try to block Joe Biden from taking office as U.S.
Nestler stressed that the Oath Keepers group itself was not on trial but that most of the defendants"refer to themselves as Oath Keepers" and that defendants who had training in the U.S. armed forces used such training during the riot to oppose the government. Nestler told the jury that during December 2020, Rhodes and some of his followers"grew more desperate" as Trump's exit from the White House became imminent. Nestler said that in a Dec. 12 speech, Rhodes said:"Let's get it on now while he is still commander in chief."
Meanwhile, Meggs and others screamed"treason, treason, treason" as they stormed their way into the Capitol rotunda, according to Nestler. Meggs allegedly told his wife that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi"would be the first" target of serious violence if he got close to her. The attackers' hunt for Pelosi was unsuccessful.