for 21 years. but he refused to pay the fine claiming that nevada was a sovereign state and that quote i don t recognize the quite government even as existing. that sounds ridiculous. he was dead serious. when officials with the u.s. burro of land management came to confiscate his cattle, a repo man situation, a standoff broke out. what joined him, elmer stewart rose founder of the oath keepers that called for patriots to get ready for a military combat operation. fearing mass bloodshed. federal agents released the cattle to deescalate the situation. here is rhodes celebrating that victory. it was a posse. those cowboys showed america how it is done. you cow boy up and freaking ride. that s what they did. a lot of credit goes to the militia guys that showed up
militias on the insurrection including the proud boys and oath keepers and their respective leaders enrique and elmer stewart rose. a third organization called the first amendment was also subpoenaed. together the groups represent a toxic mix of bigotry and vigilantes. they detail how members of the proud boys called for blanking war over false claims of a stolen election referring to government officials has evil scum who should die a traitor s death. 34 have been indicted in connection with the siege. i should note the chairman of the proud boys also led the national grass roots organization called latinos for trump similarly for today s subpoena, the oath keepers plan to move together in coordination and with regular communication to storm the capitol, which is why 16 of them have been charged with conspiracy. the group leader stewart rods
leading up to january 6, 2021. certain indictments returned against proud boys members describe prior planning and coordination, including efforts to fund raise for protective gear and communications. furthermore, video evidence plainly demonstrates that proud boys members are involved in the january 6 attack. subpoenas were issued to the oath keepers and its president elmer stewart rose. the group calling itself the oath keepers does not belief keeping an oath to support and defend the constitution of the united states. the oath that donald trump took and repeatedly violated. according to the committee s letter to the so-called oath keepers, quote, an indictment returned by a federal grand jury in washington, d.c. described a conspiracy among at least 18 oath keepers in which members of the oath keepers planned to move together in coordination and with regular communication to storm the united statescapitol