militia were secretly recorded by one of the attendees they discussed bringing weapons to washington d.c. and being prepared to fight on on behalf of the former president donald trump. whitney wild is here with the latest. reporter: it was a bombshell moment that the defense and the department of justice agree is one of the most important cases in decades. a new recording released by the department of justice of an alleged november 2020 planning meeting of the far right militia group, the oath keepers. you re going to see a street fight. don t be afraid. go there in large numbers. that s why we need to be there. reporter: federal prosecutors played the audio during the second day of the trial of five associates of the oath keepers. all five defendants have pleaded not guilty. this is the first major piece of evidence presented at the trial that prosecutors used to support their allegations that the group planned to descend on washington to prevent the peaceful trans
oath keepers to stay on the outside and stay fully armed and prepared to go in armed if they have to. if it kicks off, you rock and roll. that was oath keepers founder stuart rhodes. you hear that audio, why have prosecutors introduced that? what do they think it proves? this audio is damming according to the doj s case here, these are conversations between the group that sound like they re specifically planning violence in response to political transfer of power and that s obviously the crux of the government s case in this trial. but i think on the defense side, there are obviously going to be some holes that can be poked in that audio and that s going to be the question here, whether the prosecutors can reach that proof beyond a reasonable doubt when there are questions about the vagueness of some of the comments in there. we ll talk about the defense in a second. there s also sound of them talking about weapons. listen. pepper spray is legal, tasers are legal, and
i m john berman with becrianna keilar. this is the case against five members of the oath keepers, a secret audio recording released by the justice department was played in court during day two of the trial. it records group members planning for violence. they discuss bringing weapons to washington d.c. and being prepared to fight for former president trump. if the fight comes, let the fight come. if they go kinetic on us, we ll go kinetic back on them. i m willing to sacrifice myself for that. if things go kinetic, good. if they throw bombs, shoot us, great because that brings the president his reason and rational. if you re going to have a fight guys, you want to start now while he s still commander in chief. you do not want to waste this oppor opportunity. to go into d.c., but i want some