Rhodes is charged along with more than a dozen other members and associates of the Oath Keepers,who authorities say came to Washington intent on stopping the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory.
Rhodes did not enter the Capitol building on January 6,but is accused of helping put into motion the violence that disrupted the certification of the vote.
The Oath Keepers case is the largest conspiracy case federal authorities have brought so far over January 6,when thousands of pro-Trump rioters stormed past police barriers and smashed windows,injuring dozens of officers and sending lawmakers running.
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“We are going to have a fight,” prosecutors said Rhodes told his allies on the messaging app Signal. “That can’t be avoided.”
The Oath Keepers are a loosely organised group of activists who believe that the federal government is encroaching on their rights,and focus on recruiting current and former police,emergency services and military members.
Nine of the eleven charged with seditious conspiracy were already facing other charges relating to the Capitol attack. Members of the far-right Proud Boys and Three Percenters have also been charged with taking part in the attack.