Oath Keepers leader makes 1st court appearance following arrest on seditious conspiracy charge

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Oath Keepers leader makes 1st court appearance following arrest on seditious conspiracy charge
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Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes made his first appearance before a judge Friday, a day after being arrested in connection with the Jan. 6 attack.

on the U.S. Capitol, made his first appearance before a judge Friday in a federal courtroom in Texas.

In his Friday court appearance, Rhodes responded"Yes" when asked by Magistrate Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson if he understood the charges against him. He then waived his right to have the full indictment read aloud. While Rhodes himself is not alleged to have entered the Capitol during the attack, prosecutors say he did enter the restricted area surrounding the building and coordinated with Oath Keepers who were part of a military-style"stack" formation seen walking into the building up the east side steps.

After the riot, Rhodes and Vallejo allegedly met up at a restaurant where they"celebrated their attack" and discussed"next steps," according to the indictment. Vallejo allegedly sent a message to a Signal chat group the morning after Jan. 6 where he discussed making a"recon" trip to the Capitol to probe the"defense line" put up by law enforcement in the wake of the attack, court papers said.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared to foreshadow Thursday's charges last week in a speech marking the one-year anniversary of Jan. 6, when he addressed criticism of the department's handling of the investigation and the lack of charges to date against the more prominent figures believed to have coordinated the assault on Congress.

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