In a case that could be a referendum on insurgency, “prosecutors are really going for the triple” against an unproven and controversial defense.
Stewart Rhodes and other members of the Oath Keepers, the armed paramilitary organization he founded, go on trial this week in one of the most high-profile prosecutions of the U.S. Capitol insurgency.
The stakes are high for the federal government, which seeks to argue not only that Rhodes and the others helped lead the attack on Jan. 6, 2021, but that they did so as the culmination of a months-long conspiracy that they planned or years
