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Oath Keepers plotted to use force on January 6: US prosecutor

The leader of the Oath Keepers group previously said in court that the far-right group had no intention of storming the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 [File: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters]

A federal prosecutor has told a United States court that four members of the far-right Oath Keepers should be found guilty of seditious conspiracy for plotting to use force to stop the peaceful transfer of power at the US Capitol last year, in order to keep Donald Trump in the White House.

Monday marked the beginning of the US Department of Justice’s second major January 6, 2021, sedition trial, this time involving Oath Keeper defendants David Moerschel, Joseph Hackett, Roberto Minuta and Edward Vallejo.

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