Monday night's filing highlighted newly disclosed communications over the messaging app Signal that investigators have found from Stewart Rhodes , the Oath Keepers' founder, and regional Oath Keepers leaders. The Justice Department describes Rhodes as a central presence among the Oath Keepers during the siege, telling some where to go and gathering with them in person at the Capitol. Prosecutors have gradually been building out a major Capitol riot conspiracy case against nine Oath Keepers. Before this week, nine Oath Keepers from different states had been charged in a conspiracy case. Leave that outside DC," Rhodes allegedly wrote to other key Oath Keepers, who've already been charged with conspiracy related to the siege.

Source: CNN March 09, 2021 17:48 UTC