Posted on Apr 18, 2021
Oath Keepers: How a militia group mobilized in plain sight for the assault on the Capitol
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More than 400 people have now been charged in one of the most complex investigations the Department of Justice has ever faced – the January 6 attack on the Capitol. The FBI has called it 'an act of domestic terrorism' and one group has grabbed investigators' attention for their role – the oath keepers.
The FBI describes them as an anti-government militia movement. Among them, current and former military and law enforcement. Their name is a reference to the oath they took to defend the U.S. Constitution.
But unlike most other militia groups, we learned the oath keepers haven't been hiding. They've been armed and in plain sight -- broadcasting plans to mobilize.
If you were looking for a roadmap to January 6, all you had to do was listen.
Zello transmission from the Capitol on January 6: OK guys, we're on an open channel here now…
These are the voices of far-right extremists communicating with each other in real-time from homes across America and on the ground in Washington…
Zello transmission from the Capitol on January 6: Godspeed and fair winds to us.
As some of them made their way to the Capitol.
Jess Watkins on Zello, January 6: Trump's been trying to drain the swamp with a straw. We just brought a shop vac.
The FBI describes them as an anti-government militia movement. Among them, current and former military and law enforcement. Their name is a reference to the oath they took to defend the U.S. Constitution.
But unlike most other militia groups, we learned the oath keepers haven't been hiding. They've been armed and in plain sight -- broadcasting plans to mobilize.
If you were looking for a roadmap to January 6, all you had to do was listen.
Zello transmission from the Capitol on January 6: OK guys, we're on an open channel here now…
These are the voices of far-right extremists communicating with each other in real-time from homes across America and on the ground in Washington…
Zello transmission from the Capitol on January 6: Godspeed and fair winds to us.
As some of them made their way to the Capitol.
Jess Watkins on Zello, January 6: Trump's been trying to drain the swamp with a straw. We just brought a shop vac.
Oath Keepers: How a militia group mobilized in plain sight for the assault on the Capitol
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Oath Keepers
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Terrorism
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The crazy people who broke into the Capital on Jan. 6th were threatening Congress people and US Senators. That fact is not being stressed enough in terms of defining the crimes they committed.
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The irony of naming yourself the Oath Keepers and then mounting an insurrection against the US....I wish the FBI well in rounding them all up.
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