Oath Keepers Leader Denied Bond After Findings…

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes will remain in jail while he awaits trial on charges that he plotted with other members of his far-right militia group to attack the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2020, a federal judge ruled Friday.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said federal prosecutors have presented ‘compelling if not strong’ evidence against Rhodes, who has been the group’s leader since its 2009 founding, including damning messages they say prove he ‘orchestrated the group’s assault on the Capitol.’

Mehta’s ruling came after prosecutors unveiled Rhodes’ messages on the Signal app, in which he called January 6 ‘the final nail in the coffin of our republic’ and allegedly instructed members of the far-right group to take part in the insurrection.

‘Be prepared for a major letdown on the 6th to the 8th, and be ready to do it ourselves,’ one message read.

Another said: ‘He must know that if he doesn’t act, we will. He has to understand that we will have no choice.’

Rhodes, 56, the leader of the anti-government group, was taken into custody by federal officials in Little Elm, Texas, in January, after a grand jury returned indictments against him and a core group of 10 Oath Keeper members.

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