FBI arrests Oath Keepers leader on charge of seditious conspiracy involving Jan. 6 attack
ABC News
The FBI has arrested the leader of the Oath Keepers militia group and several other members on charges of seditious conspiracy involving the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
The Justice Department has unsealed a major indictment charging the leader of the Oath Keepers militia group along with multiple other members with seditious conspiracy related to their alleged coordination in advance of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The three indictments mark the Justice Department's first Jan. 6 use of the seditious conspiracy charge, which accuses Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and other members of the group of conspiring to "oppose by force the execution of the laws governing the transfer of presidential power" from outgoing President Donald Trump to incoming President Joe Biden.
Rhodes was arrested in Little Elm, Texas, according to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia.
A lawyer representing Rhodes told ABC News that Rhodes was arrested while he was preparing for a virtual appearance Thursday before the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack. Attorney Jonathon Moseley said he was on the phone with Rhodes discussing the House investigation when Rhodes received a call from the FBI to come out of his house with his hands up in order to be arrested.
