Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is charged with seditious conspiracy for his alleged role in the January 6 attacks on the U.S. Capitol. A judge ruled he will remain behind bars until his trial.
A federal judge has decided the leader of a far right extremist group will remain in custody until his trial date.
Federal prosecutors told a U.S. Magistrate in a Plano federal courtroom on Monday that Rhodes is dangerous, destroyed evidence and is a flight risk. Defense attorneys called it disingenuous to claim Stewart, a Yale law graduate, is a flight risk a year after the riot. Rhodes’ attorneys also denied he was a co-conspirator in planning the attack.
The government said the group with Rhodes at the helm plotted and planned the attack on the Capitol in the months leading up Jan. 6, 2021. He reportedly spent thousands on guns and equipment to try and prevent the peaceful transfer of power and even after the insurrection talked about the need for a second civil war.
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