The first Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy trial gets underway next week
Starting next week, Oath Keepers ringleader Elmer Stewart Rhodes and four fellow members of the far-right extremist network will finally go on trial to face charges accusing them of organizing a seditious conspiracy to forcefully stop the lawful transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021.
The trial will unfold in Washington, D.C., before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta starting Sept. 27.
Also facing jurors alongside Rhodes will be Oath Keepers Thomas Caldwell of Virginia, Kelly Meggs and Kenneth Harrelson of Florida, and Jessica Watkins of Ohio. Judge Mehta has estimated that the trial will stretch for roughly five weeks and it is anticipated that a number of witnesses will be called forward including potentially, those Oath Keepers who pleaded guilty after being indicted on similar conspiracy charges last year.