During a court hearing on Thursday for two alleged members of the Oath Keepers militia group charged in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, a federal prosecutor said authorities plan to charge up to half a dozen or more still-unidentified individuals with ties to the group, as part of the Justice Department s ongoing attempt to build a conspiracy case. There are currently nine indicted defendants; the government does anticipate that additional defendants will be added to the conspiracy at some point, assistant U.S. attorney Jeffrey Nestler said during Thursday s hearing.
Washington, D.C., District Court Judge Amit Mehta asked prosecutors for a specific number regarding how many more additional defendants they expected to charge, to which Nestler replied, At least one, but potentially up to five, or six, or even a few more.
Prosecutors signal more Oath Keeper arrests coming in Capitol attack probe
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