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The Oath Keepers has been identified as one of the "largest and most prominent organizations of the militia/patriot movement." [35] [36] Oath Keepers was founded in March 2009 by Elmer Stewart Rhodes, [37] [38] [39] a Yale Law School graduate, former U.S. Army paratrooper, and former staffer for Republican Congressman Ron Paul. [40]
In Canada, each juror has the choice to take either an oath or affirmation. The oath/affirmation states something to the effect of: Do you swear to well and truly try and true deliverance make between our sovereign lady the Queen, and the accused at the bar, who you shall have in charge, and a true verdict give, according to the evidence, so help you God?
Though the Conservative disputes the account of Dyer's involvement as showing a problem with the Oath Keepers as an organization, it notes that "Dyer was clearly associated with Rhodes's group [the Oath Keepers]" and "if Dyer is guilty of the weapons charge, that might seem to support the position that the Oath Keeper worldview encourages ...
Group’s leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditioous conspiracy
In a historic trial, Oath Keepers members are accused of seditious conspiracy against the US government.
Five members of the far-right extremist group are accused of trying to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power.
Both convicts were members of the Oath Keepers, with Watkins' crimes including merging her local Ohio armed group with the Oath Keepers in 2020, and Harrelson serving as the right-hand man to Kelly Meggs, leader of the Florida chapter. [78] On July 7, 2023, Barry Bennet Ramey was sentenced to 5 years in prison.
The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates planned for an "armed rebellion" to stop the transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021, prosecutors told jurors Monday at ...