![]() The FBI publicly revealed the plot last October. In previous court documents, this same phrase was cited by federal prosecutors to justify keeping Oath Keeper leader and former Navy Commander Thomas Caldwell in pretrial detention.Īs previously noted by the World Socialist Web Site, the phrase “citizens’ arrest” is, according to federal prosecutors, the same language used by members of the far-right Wolverine Watchmen militia group in connection with their planned kidnapping and likely murder of Democratic Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. I’ll give you a boots-on-the-ground update here in a few.”Īn unidentified male voice is then heard over the same channel directing the group: “You are executing citizens’ arrest!” ![]() We sticking together and sticking to the plan.” Watkins follows up with a location update: “We’re moving on the Capitol now. In one recording, Watkins is heard saying, “We have a good group. Loewinger recorded conversations held on a “Stop the Steal” channel that included indicted Ohio militia leader and Army veteran Jessica Watkins and other Oath Keepers as they were breaking into the Capitol. On January 6, as the attack was under way, WNYC radio reporter Michael Loewinger, who had been monitoring far-right activity online leading up to the attack, began recording the open channel conversations on the Zello radio app. Previous photos and video evidence have confirmed his presence on Capitol grounds, as Oath Keepers members moved in military-style “stack” formation up the Capitol steps and into the building. While not explicitly naming Rhodes, the court documents and the CBS segment strongly imply that Rhodes directed the Oath Keepers during the siege of the Capitol. It features open-channel radio communications previously reported in court documents and on the World Socialist Web Site but until Sunday never heard by the public. The production also spotlights the role of the group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, a Yale-educated lawyer and former Army paratrooper. “This can happen and we need to be ready for it.” The CBS segment also shows Arroyo discussing civil war during an Oath Keepers meeting. ![]() We can blend in with our law enforcement and, in fact, in a lot of cases our training is much more advanced because of our military backgrounds.” We have active-duty law enforcement in our organization that are helping to train us. In an interview clip that has been viewed over 1.4 million times on social media as of this writing, the vice president of the Arizona chapter of the Oath Keepers, Jim Arroyo, said, “Our guys are very experienced. The “60 Minutes” segment focuses on the Oath Keepers militia group, which played an instrumental role in the storming of the Capitol and has close ties to the Republican Party and state agencies, including the police and military. Previously unreleased audio of communications between far-right militia leaders made during the actual siege proves their central role in planning and executing the coup attempt and provides additional damning evidence of the complicity of police, intelligence and military officials in a plot to overturn the 2020 election and maintain the loser, Trump, in power as de facto dictator. This was followed Sunday by a CBS “60 Minutes” segment bringing together documentary evidence showing that months of extensive planning, coordination and organization went into the far-right insurrection. Oath Keepers militia members attend a rally at Freedom Plaza Tuesday, Jan.
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