the capitol grounds and building, this is according to the department of justice, others remained stationed just outside of the city in quick reaction force, qrf they shortened this for, quick reaction force teams. according to the indictment the qrf teams were prepared to rapidly transport firearms and other weapons into washington, d.c. in support of operations aimed at using force to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power. i don t want to presume anything here, ari, but all of a sudden it feels like the justice department had arrested a lot of spokes and this is one of the first hubs that they ve got and charged. fair? i think that s fair. i think that s exactly right. as you and our colleagues have been breaking down here in what s a brand-new unsealed indictment what we re seeing here in this, in the seditious conspiracy framework is a much higher level view of what is charged as the organizing, the planning, which we still need to track down and the trial would
you had all this talk, jennifer, and still from his lawyers this was just a protest, we were there to keep the peace, et cetera, there are multiple communications as well as evidence of planning, stashing weapons for a qrf, quick reaction force, that this was planned and had a goal of overtaking the government. what is the legal significance of that? well, jim, they need to prove seditious conspireacy. that requires proof that the transfer of power was going to be by force. that s basically what they have to prove. so the notion of this evidence is that they re proving not just that there was organization, that there was planning, that they went on january 6th, but it was a broader effort from november all the way through january and that it involved the use of force. that s really the key here and that s the piece that hasn t been charged before in the cases where they have charged conspiracy to stop a government proceeding. that s what makes this more serious, makes the penalties m
support the operation. the indictment, also reveals, the oath keepers plan to quick reaction force, or q r f teams. we ve heard reporting about this, but it s part of the indictment. the purpose, wait somewhere off-site with firearms, and then bring the guns to the capitol later, presumably, once the oath keepers and the mob had gotten inside, and taken over. quote, while certain oath keepers members in affiliates inside of washington d.c. breached the capitol and grounds, others remain station just outside of the city, into our if. teams the qr views were prepared to rapidly transport firearms and other weapons into washington d.c. in support of operations using force to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power. think about that, for a second. go into the capital, use the mob, get in, occupy it, and then move the guns in, so you
and then leading up to january 6th, they stashed their weapons in a hotel in virginia, according to doj. so this indictment spelling it out in many, many pages. one part, saying the qrf teams, the quick rapid force teams, were prepared to rapidly transport firearms and other weapons into washington, d.c. in support of operations aimed at using force to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power. and the extent of that violence, it didn t transpire as we know, but that night, anderson, doj says stewart rhodes and others met at a restaurant in virginia to plot out their next steps. in fact, rhodes allegedly bought close to $18,000 worth of firearms and gear, and then told his followers to organize local militias to oppose the biden administration after the inauguration. he wrote this in a signal message, anderson. he said after this, if nothing happens, it s war.
these encrypted messaging apps like signal, one of these members is even accused of taking a reconnaissance trip here to washington before january 6th. they also are accused of stockpiling weapons. the doj says they formed what they called quick reaction force teams in three separate states and then leading up to january 6th, they stashed their weapons in a hotel in virginia, according to doj. so this indictment spelling it out in many, many pages. one part, saying the qrf teams, the quick rapid force teams, were prepared to rapidly transport firearms and other weapons into washington, d.c. in support of operations aimed at using force to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power. and the extent of that violence, it didn t transpire as we know, but that night, anderson, doj says stewart rhodes and others met at a restaurant in virginia to plot out their next steps. in fact, rhodes allegedly bought close to $18,000 worth of