it just felt very sinister. tess, you ve been reporting on the oath keepers organization, which is a very sinister organization. how big and widespread is this group? how surprising is it to see a trump-endorsed oath keeper candidate for elected office? thanks for having me, medhi. in terms of membership numbers that s something that s a bit difficult to say because i always take membership numbers quoted by the leaders as inflated because they tend to inflate them. this is a rally behind trump s election lies and many people rallying between trump s election lies are conspiracy theorists like finchem who are members of extremist groups like the oath keepers. the oath keepers have been very successful since they were foundinged in 2009 in recruiting law enforcement, military and
you read stories like this all the time. about people who believe this. but to be in a crowd surrounded by thousands, upon thousands of them, telling you the same thing, the same lies. it is really something else. and it really does not bode well. i think it felt very sinister. sinister indeed. tess, you have been reporting on the oath keepers organization. which is a very sinister organization. how big and widespread is this group? how surprising is it to see a trump endorsed oath keepers candidate for elected office? thanks for having me mehdi. in terms of membership numbers, that is difficult to say. because i almost take membership numbers quoted by the leaders with a grain of salt. they tend to inflate them to make themselves look more powerful. one key thing is, as elaine pointed out, from the arizona rally, the way to achieve legitimacy in the gop these days. is to rally behind trump s election lies. and many people rallying behind trump s election lies are
seditious conspiracy in connection to the capitol riot. nbc news reports that, in fact, he spent six hours talking to the january 6th committee. and roads, quote, invoke his fifth amendment rights 20 to 30 times but ended up talking extensively about the history of the oath keepers organization. investigators are also waiting to hear from ivanka trump. the committee had invited her to voluntarily appear tomorrow or thursday. this afternoon, chair benny thompson was asked about that. any plans for her to appear? we don t know. we make preparations but sometimes things slide another day or another week. [inaudible] as for the panels overall progress, since its creation in july, investigators have now interviewed more than 475 witnesses, received 60,000 pages of records, along with more than 700 pages from the national archives that donald trump tried to keep hidden. we are also following tonight the latest on the russian troop buildup on ukraine s border.
we may or may not. i will say that the documents that we have received from various individuals have shed considerable light on what the vice president was going through. the committee did meet with former trump justice department official jeffrey clark. for nearly two hours today, clark reportedly tried to get the doj to pursue claims of voter fraud after the election. investigators also spoke with oath keepers founder elmer stewart rhodes today, who has pled guilty not guilty to seditious conspiracy. nbc news reports that, in fact, he spent six hours talking to the january 6th committee. and roads, quote, invoke his fifth amendment rights 20 to 30 times but ended up talking extensively about the history of the oath keepers organization. investigators are also waiting to hear from ivanka trump.
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