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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?
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]
A Washington, D.C., jury began deliberations Tuesday in the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and four other associates in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021 ...
Elmer Stewart Rhodes III (born 1966) is an American former attorney and founder of the Oath Keepers, an American far-right anti-government militia. [1] [2] In November 2022, he was convicted of seditious conspiracy and evidence tampering related to his participation in the January 6 United States Capitol attack culminating at the main campus of the United States Capitol complex.
Group’s leader Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditioous conspiracy
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 ...
The only exceptions were nine Oath Keepers (Rhodes, Meggs, Harrelson, Caldwell, Watkins, Minuta, Vallejo, Moerschel, and Hackett) and five Proud Boys (Nordean, Biggs, Rehl, Pezzola, and Bertino). These 14 people had their sentences commuted to "time served," allowing them to be released from prison immediately, but their convictions stood.
Five members of the far-right extremist group are accused of trying to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power.