he appears to confirm a plan in the run—up to january 6th on the infowars conspiracy site. what we're doing is we have men already stationed outside dc as a nuclear option — in case they attempt to remove the president illegally, we will step in and stop it. on that day, oath keeper members wearing full combat gear were seen marching through the crowd, up the east steps of the capitol in a military—style stack formation. prosecutors say rhodes, who wasn't inside the building, was directing them using a mobile phone and chat app. once inside, the indictment alleges the stack split in two, heading in different directions. prosecutors say rhodes had several armed quick—reaction forces on standby that could be called into escalate the attack. rhodes, who was arrested in texas along with others, has said in previous interviews with conservative groups that the members who entered the capitol had gone off—mission and were not acting on his orders.