Laurence H. Tribe: Stewart Rhodes' Oath Keepers indictment puts Jan. 6 plotters on notice. - NBCNewsTHINK
Prosecutors say lead defendant Rhodes himself sent this message to other Oath Keepers on Christmas Day 2020: “I think Congress will screw [President Trump] over. The only chance we/he has is if we scare the s--- out of them and convince them it will be torches and pitchforks time if they don’t do the right thing.”
Third, the 48-page indictment flatly contradicts the Republican disinformation campaign that Jan. 6 was a spontaneous riot led by “a.” The indictment sings a very different tune. Its specifics, and the details that may come out during trial are important because the false Republican narrative has taken hold with far too many citizens.
The indictment alleges that as early as Nov. 22, 2020, a Florida branch of the Oath Keepers conducted a training in “unconventional warfare.” In December, the North Carolina chapter “held a training session that... focused on ‘vehicle operations, roadblocks, vehicle recovery, convoy operations... setting up hasty ambushes, and reacting to ambushes,” and how to “fall into formation when we assemble.
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