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Oath Keepers founder accused of ‘armed rebellion’ on January 6 at trial

Members of the Oath Keepers stand in front of the  US Capitol on 6 January 2021.
Members of the Oath Keepers stand in front of the US Capitol on 6 January 2021. Photograph: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP

The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates planned an “armed rebellion” to keep Donald Trump in power after he lost the election, a federal prosecutor contended on Monday as the most serious case yet went to trial involving the attack on the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

Stewart Rhodes and his band of far-right militants were prepared to go to war to stop Joe Biden from becoming president, assistant US attorney Jeffrey Nestler told jurors.

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