Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes typed message to Trump after Jan. 6, witness says
Source: USA Today
Just days after the U.S. Capitol was stormed by a mob of pro-Trump rioters, Stewart Rhodes, leader of the right-wing militia the Oath Keepers, attempted to send a message to former President Donald Trump, in which he urged the president to invoke the Insurrection Act and be a “savior” of the republic.
Jason Alpers, a military veteran and software company founder based in Dallas, testified Wednesday during a criminal trial of several Oath Keepers members, including Rhodes, that he met with Rhodes and other Oath Keepers late one evening days after the Capitol riot in a parking lot.
Alpers told the jury that the meeting's intent was to get a message from Rhodes to Trump, to whom Alpers said he "indirectly" had access. To ensure the message he planned to pass along was accurate, he brought a recording device disguised as a thumb drive, he said.
Rhodes, Alpers and other members of the group, including Oath Keepers lawyer Kellye Sorelle, briefly discussed the Insurrection Act, a 19th Century statute that gives the president authority to call on military and National Guard forces to suppress an insurrection if a state requests it or if the insurrection makes it impossible to enforce federal law, according to the recording of the meeting, which was presented as evidence.
Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/oath-keepers-leader-stewart-rhodes-typed-message-to-trump-after-jan-6-witness-says/ar-AA13F7ry
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