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==Former Oath Keeper Select Committee Testimony <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1a7d_4ghLw</ref>==

==Former Oath Keeper Select Committee Testimony <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1a7d_4ghLw</ref>==

Former Oath Keepers spokesperson and [[Donald J. Trump]] supporter Jason Van Tatenhove testified at the seventh January 6th [[partisan]] [[witch hunt]] on July 12, 2022. Van Tatenhove worked as the group’s media director from 2015 to 2016, during that time he allegedly watched the group become more and more extreme. Van Tatenhove, also claimed that the group is a dangerous militia and it was 'exceedingly lucky that there has not been more bloodshed', an odd statement given that the only two deaths, [[Ashli Babbitt]] and [[Rosanne Boyland]], were murdered by DC and Capitol Hill Police.{{fact}}  Babbitt and Boyland both were unarmed.{{fact}}  Oath Keepers allegedly drifted further into what [[conspiracy theorist]]s{{Failed verification}}  call the [[alt-right]] world, this was where he realized he could no longer continue to work for them. <ref>https://www.axios.com/2022/07/12/oath-keepers-jan-6-capitol-riot-trump-panel</ref>

Former Oath Keepers spokesperson and [[Donald J. Trump]] supporter Jason Van Tatenhove testified at the Seventh Hearing on Investigation of January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol on July 12, 2022.<ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?521495-1/seventh-hearing-investigation-january-6-attack-us-capitol</ref> Van Tatenhove worked as the group’s media director from 2015 to 2016, during that time he allegedly watched the group become more and more extreme. Van Tatenhove, also claimed that the group is a dangerous militia and it was 'exceedingly lucky that there has not been more bloodshed'. Oath Keepers allegedly drifted further into what [[conspiracy theorist]]s{{Failed verification}}  call the [[alt-right]] world, this was where he realized he could no longer continue to work for them. <ref>https://www.axios.com/2022/07/12/oath-keepers-jan-6-capitol-riot-trump-panel</ref>

==Oath Keeper Trial==

==Oath Keeper Trial==

On November 29, 2022, after nearly three full days of deliberations, Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs were found guilty of seditious conspiracy and other offenses in connection with the alleged Jan. 6 "attack" on the U.S. Capitol. The three other defendants; Jessica Watkins, Kenneth Harrelson and Thomas Caldwell, were acquitted of the charges but found guilty of obstructing an official proceeding as well as a mix of other charges. Sentencing was scheduled for April, 2023. <ref>https://www.npr.org/2022/11/29/1139454126/oath-keepers-stewart-rhodes-seditious-conspiracy-verdict-trial</ref> <ref>https://www.oann.com/video/tipping-point-video/oath-keepers-stewart-rhodes-found-guilty-of-seditious-conspiracy/</ref>

On November 29, 2022, after nearly three full days of deliberations, Stewart Rhodes and Kelly Meggs were found guilty of seditious conspiracy and other offenses in connection with the alleged Jan. 6 "attack" on the U.S. Capitol. The three other defendants; Jessica Watkins, Kenneth Harrelson and Thomas Caldwell, were acquitted of the charges but found guilty of obstructing an official proceeding as well as a mix of other charges. Sentencing was scheduled for April, 2023. <ref>https://www.npr.org/2022/11/29/1139454126/oath-keepers-stewart-rhodes-seditious-conspiracy-verdict-trial</ref> <ref>https://www.oann.com/video/tipping-point-video/oath-keepers-stewart-rhodes-found-guilty-of-seditious-conspiracy/</ref>

On May 25, 2023, Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to eighteen years in prison for his part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. <ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/oath-keepers-founder-sentenced-18-years-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-cas-rcna85852</ref>

On May 25, 2023, Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to eighteen years in prison for his part in the attack on the U.S. Capitol. <ref>https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/oath-keepers-founder-sentenced-18-years-jan-6-seditious-conspiracy-cas-rcna85852</ref>

== See also ==

== See also ==