A rare violation of this Civil War-era law occurs when two or more people conspire to “overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force” the U.S. government.
, a far-right militia group, in 2009 in response to the election of President Barack Obama. With a signature patch covering an eye he lost from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound, Rhodes rose to prominence as a guest on Alex Jones’s “Infowars” program. He also came into the national spotlight in 2014 when the Oath Keepers took part in the armed confrontation between supporters of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy and federal law enforcement at Bundy's Nevada ranch.
Rhodes did not enter the Capitol on Jan. 6, but the indictment alleges several members of the Oath Keepers, wearing camouflaged combat attire, were seen on camera shouldering their way through the crowd and into the Capitol in two military-style “stacks,” or formations. The first stack split up inside the building, the indictment alleges, with one group heading toward the House side and the other to the Senate.
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