A row of defendants sat handcuffed with their backs to the public benches. The courtroom 108 in Plano was jammed. U.S. District Judge Kimberly Johnson had a slate of cases on her docket, but the buzz in the room focused mostly on one defendant. Stewart Rhodes, the leader of a right-wing...
Jacob Vaughn
Rhodes stands accused of five federal crimes, including one charge of seditious conspiracy, or plotting to overthrow the U.S. government by force. The accusations stem from his alleged role as a key orchestrator of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot last year, during which a coalition of Trump supporters, QAnon conspiracy theorists and hardline right-wing militiamen like the Oath Keepers stormed the Capitol building while Congress was ratifying the results of the 2020 election, which Donald Trump lost.
SoRelle, who has represented the Oath Keepers in past legal disputes, said that Rhodes informed “a small group of the leaders” within the Oath Keepers that she was to take over his position as president of the group in the event of his arrest. She declined to identify the small group of Oath Keepers who were informed of Rhodes’ plan by name.
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