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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Alex Woodward

Members of Congress demand update from Homeland Security on Oath Keepers and militias in government

AP

A letter from more than 60 Democratic members of Congress demands federal law enforcement provide an urgent update after reports found hundreds of current and former agents with connections to the Oath Keepers and other far-right extremist groups.

Sixty-five lawmakers have pressed US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to outline the steps the agency has taken in the wake of its own internal reviews to address the state of domestic violent extremism within the ranks of federal authorities.

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