A member of the far-right Oath Keepers told a jury] that he traveled to Washington, D.C., and stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in an attempt to stop Congress from certifying Joe Biden's election win.
– who stand accused of conspiring to use force to stop the peaceful transfer of power.
The admitted rioter-turned-government witness offered new insight into the planning, coordination, and motivation behind the Oath Keepers' alleged participation in the Jan. 6 attack. Rhodes and codefendants Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins and Thomas Caldwell are accused of spearheading that fight. All have pleaded not guilty and their defense attorneys maintain their clients were in Washington, D.C. to serve as security and emergency responders that day.
Dolan is the first member of the Oath Keepers to plead guilty to committing crimes on Jan. 6 to testify as a witness at the "If President Trump declared the Insurrection Act, we would be working alongside or with pro-government forces against what we saw as anti-government forces," Dolan said, describing the anti-government forces as being"pro-Biden." The witness explained that he had little knowledge of the arcane law that was so central to the alleged conspiracy he was describing and instead relied on the direction of Rhodes and others.
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