Using text messages, video and recorded calls, the DOJ is arguing that the Oath Keepers set out to overturn the 2020 election results by storming the Capitol and interrupting the electoral vote count.
After the assault, the defendants felt"elated," Assistant U.S. Attorney Nestler said, citing messages they shared boasting about their actions. Rhodes allegedly wrote,"you ain't seen nothing yet." Meggs, who ran the Florida chapter of the Oath Keepers, allegedly wrote,"we aren't quitting!! We are reloading!!"
In pretrial filings and arguments, defense lawyers had argued Rhodes and the other Oath Keepers had been preparing to assist in the event that former President Trump invoked the Insurrection Act, which gives the president wide authority to call for support in the event of an emergency. Trump never took that action. But Rhodes is expected to make it a key part of his defense. Prosecutors say that's just a cover story.
"This is the biggest bait and switch in the history of the American justice system here," Fischer said.
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