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Trump’s Jan. 6 pardon order ‘flies in the face of the facts’ of violent insurrection, retired federal judge explains

In the first hours of his second term, President Donald Trump pardoned nearly everyone convicted of crimes associated with the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol – including former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio – and commuted the sentences of 14 more, including Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes.

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Retired Navy Officer Sentenced In Capitol Attack Trial

Retired Navy intelligence officer Thomas Caldwell sentenced for obstruction of justice after acquittal on serious charges related to U.S. Capitol attack tr...

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Navy veteran cleared of conspiracy charges in high-profile Jan. 6 case is sentenced to time served

A retired Navy intelligence officer has avoided additional prison time after he was cleared of the most serious charges in his U.S. Capitol attack trial alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes

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Oath Keepers leader is a former Las Vegas police detective who welcomed ‘race war’: Report

Alleged role reportedly revealed after anti-militia infiltrator secretly captured evidence about Oath Keepers

The Independent UK

Leader of Right-Wing Militia Revealed to Be Notorious Ex-Cop Who Called for 'Race War': Report

A disgraced Las Vegas Metropolitan Police (LVMPD) homicide detective is now leading Oath Keepers USA, a right-wing militia located in Utah, after leaving the force once his colleagues discovered that he had advocated for a "race war" online.

Latin Times

Key Oath Keepers leader revealed as former Las Vegas police detective

Details about Utah-based Robert Kinch, who backed ‘race war’, suggest rightwing militia has retained links with police

The Guardian - US

Trump pardoning Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes would be ‘frightening’ for democracy, judge says

Far-right militia leader was sentenced to 18 years in prison for conspiring to commit an act of treason

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Guitarist of heavy metal band Iced Earth avoids additional time behind bars in Jan. 6 case

A heavy metal guitarist who was part of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group when he joined the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has avoided additional time behind bars

The Independent UK

Oath Keepers Attorney Pleads Guilty In Capitol Riot Case

Former Oath Keepers attorney pleads guilty to Capitol attack charges; founder in prison. Illinois man to face trial for firing gun during riot.

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Attorney for far-right Oath Keepers extremist group pleads guilty to Capitol riot charges

An attorney who represented the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group has pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a mob’s Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

The ‘weirdo progressive’ son of the Oath Keepers founder running for office in Montana

Dakota Adams, 27, entered politics after escaping life with Stewart Rhodes, who is in prison for his role in January 6

The Guardian - US

UIC campus cop with extremist ties is banned from testifying in Cook County court cases

The officer continued to work for the state university despite acknowledging he signed up years ago with the anti-government Oath Keepers, which played a key role in the riot at the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

Chicago Sun-Times

Three years on, January 6 Capitol riot reverberates in US courts, 2024 race

US Capitol riot continues to fuel divisions as criminal cases progress in courts, including a Donald Trump indictment.

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Chicago cops tied to Oath Keepers barred from testifying in court, Kim Foxx decides

The move by the Cook County state’s attorney’s office comes weeks after WBEZ and the Sun-Times identified officers who appeared on leaked membership rolls for the anti-government group.

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Far-right US thinktank to give award to extremist sheriff leading ‘disaster’ office

Claremont Institute to present sheriff award to Chad Bianco, who is involved in a state investigation of jail deaths

Chicago Sun-Times

There’s no place for Oath Keepers and other far-right extremists among Chicago police

Without the three-part investigation ‘Extremism in the Ranks,” how long would the problem of Oath Keepers and other extremists in the Chicago Police Department have been left to fester?

Chicago Sun-Times

He was a star football player. Then he was detained by a state trooper with extremist ties.

The Oath Keepers’ membership rolls included an Illinois state trooper, a campus cop for the University of Illinois Chicago and an officer in a village known as “America’s First Black Town.”

Chicago Sun-Times

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Chicago Sun-Times

How the Chicago Police Department tolerates officers with ties to extremism and what’s being done about it

A new civilian oversight panel is working with Chicago police on a policy that would bar officers from joining hate and extremist groups.

Chicago Sun-Times

How we investigated cops with ties to the Oath Keepers

Reporters with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ filed more than 200 open records requests with the Chicago Police Department and other law enforcement agencies across Illinois.

Chicago Sun-Times

Who are the Oath Keepers?

The anti-government group is best known for plotting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but its notoriety extends years earlier.

The Guardian - US

Revealed: far-right Oath Keepers kept up dues payments after Capitol attack

Venmo records show members of rightwing militia paid vice-president for months after group’s January 6 role was exposed

The Independent UK

Ray Epps, Trump supporter targeted by Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge

Ray Epps, a onetime Donald Trump supporter who was the target of a conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for his role in the riot

The Independent UK

Bombshell moment Proud Boys leader finally admits Trump lost 2020 presidential election

Enrique Tarrio’s admission – more than two years after the Capitol riot – came too late to save him from the longest January 6 sentence to date

Chicago Sun-Times

Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Enrique Tarrio’s sentence is the longest among more than 1,100 Capitol riot cases. He was not in Washington Jan. 6, but prosecutors say he organized, led the assault from afar.

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