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Oath Keepers leader says group didn’t plan to storm US Capitol

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes is on trial with four other members of the anti-government group for what prosecutors have alleged was a plan to stage an armed rebellion [File: Susan Walsh/AP Photo]

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes has told jurors there was no plan for members of his far-right group to attack the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, as he tries to clear his name in his seditious conspiracy trial.

Taking the stand in his own defence for a second day, Rhodes testified on Monday that he had no idea his followers were going to join the pro-Trump mob to storm the Capitol and he was upset after he found out that some did.

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