DALLAS — Two veteran Dallas attorneys are embarking on an “extremely novel” defense in the biggest criminal trial of their careers.
Phillip Linder, 56, and James Lee Bright, 52, were hired to defend Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, a Granbury resident accused of attempting to orchestrate an armed overthrow of the U.S. government at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Rhodes is the government’s key target in the massive and historic Capitol riot prosecution that has resulted in more than 870 arrests. The Montana native and four other alleged Oath Keepers are the first Jan. 6 defendants to stand trial for seditious conspiracy, a rare Civil War-era charge that calls for up to 20 years behind bars.
