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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst and Alanna Durkin Richer

Was it sedition? Jan. 6 trial a major test for Justice Dept.

Dana Verkouteren

As angry supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol, smashing through windows and beating police officers, Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes extolled them as patriots and harkened back to the battle that kicked off the American Revolutionary War.

“Next comes our ‘Lexington,'" Rhodes told his fellow far-right extremists in a message on Jan. 6, 2021. ”It's coming."

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