A former Oath Keeper testified in court on Monday that he came to Washington, D.C. with other members of the far-right militia ahead of Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to impede the peaceful transfer of power.
Former Oath Keeper testifies Jan. 6 was a"Bastille-type moment," says there was no explicit prior plan to enter CapitolA former Oath Keeper testified in court on Monday that he came to Washington, D.C. with other members of the far-right militia ahead ofGraydon Young, a Florida man who pleaded guilty to conspiracy and is cooperating with the federal investigation into the breach before he is sentenced, told a jury in Washington, D.C.
Young explained that after the 2020 election, he joined the Oath Keepers at the suggestion of his sister — also a Jan. 6 defendant — and felt the organization was"an effective way to get involved" after he found protests against the election results to be ineffective. He was not very familiar with the defendants currently on trial and testified that he only knew them by their so-called"call signs" before the attack. Young also said that the military-style"stack" that prosecutors allege the Oath Keepers used to enter the Capitol during the breach was also unfamiliar to him.
Young was not the first member of the Oath Keepers present on Jan. 6 to testify against the defendants in the seditious conspiracy trial. Jason Dolan, also a cooperating witness, told the jury earlier this month that members of the group had to be willing to fight back against an illegitimate government and support what they saw as the rightful president over an illegitimate president.
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