A jury found Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers, guilty Tuesday of seditious conspiracy and other offenses in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The head of former President Trump’s Secret Service detail on Jan. 6, 2021, testified Thursday before the House select committee investigating the insurrection, CNN reports.
Four days after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers militia, tried to convey a message to President Donald Trump, said he wished he had killed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and predicted a coming civil war.
The Secret Service’s top spokesman testified before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and discussed the dramatic testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson.
An off-duty DEA agent who flashed his badge and government-issued firearm outside the U.S. Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot scored a minor victory in federal court last week.
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection is planning to interview top Secret Service officials and agents.
Some FBI agents may have felt “sympathetic” toward the Jan. 6 Capitol rioters and would not be enthusiastic about bringing cases against the insurrectionists, someone warned the bureau in an email.
The Secret Service was warned about potential violence at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, earlier than previously known, according to emails and other messages revealed in a congressional hearing Thursday.
