It just keeps getting worse.
Oath Keeper brought explosives to D.C. ahead of Jan. 6 riot, DOJ says
A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia brought explosives to Washington, D.C. ahead of the Jan. 6 deadly insurrection, according to court documents from the Justice Department.
Driving the news:
The DOJ said that the government seized explosives from Jeremy Brown, an Oath Keeper member from Florida, including "military ordinance grenades" in his vehicle.
Details:
Details:
- DOJ prosecutors plan to present this in the September trial of several Oath Keepers. Brown is not part of that trial.They will argue that this evidence shows that the members charged with seditious conspiracy had the "manner and means" to "advance the goals of the charged conspiracy."
- "Indeed, possessing, transporting, and storing various weapons around the Washington, D.C., area was part and parcel to organizing and executing" the riot.
Stewart Rhodes, a founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, and eight other militia members were arrested and charged for their role in organizing the Jan. 6 insurrection.An indictment amended this week says that "Rhodes and certain conspirators ... coordinated travel across the country to enter Washington, D.C., equipped themselves with a variety of weapons, donned combat and tactical gear, and were prepared to answer Rhodes' call to take up arms at Rhodes' direction."
