right after the election for violent action in washington to block joe biden from becoming president. so rhodes is accused of seditious conspiracy planning with ten other members of the oath keepers to carry out acts of violence to stop congress from formally counting the electoral vote. as early as just two days after the election, he began messaging his leadership team using an encrypted app. he wrote we aren't getting through this without a civil war and then on january 6th, as the rioters were breaking through the police lines, the government says that rhodes messaged his leadership reminding them that the nation's founders stormed the governor's mansion in massachusetts. and then one other thing that's new in this is the hours after the riot, the government says he met with other ott keepers to plan further violence and that in the following weeksen spent more than $17,000 buying weapons and ammunition.