An Alaska lawmaker may be unfit to hold office because he’s a member of the Oath Keepers, a lawyer said Tuesday in a case against state Rep. David Eastman. Eastman said he did not take part in the Jan. 6 riot, and that he has not been accused of any crime.
Stewart Rhodes, a founder of the Oath Keepers, and Florida chapter leader Kelly Meggs were convicted last month of seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol for what prosecutors called a violent plot to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory. They were among 33 Oath Keepers charged after the insurrection, Dudukgian said.
Eastman is a member of the Oath Keepers and has contributed more than $1,000 in support of the group, Dudukgian said. “And on Jan. 6, they did exactly what they said they were going to do,” Dudukgian said, later adding: “They had a singular purpose, which was to stop the transfer of presidential power.”
Miller objected to the plaintiff’s selection of experts, saying they should only bring in people who could testify to the facts of the case.“They would have subpoenaed, for example, various Oath Keepers, they would have subpoenaed people that had actually witnessed what happened on Jan.
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