charged including their leader, stewart rhodes. the highest profile individual charged so far in connection with january 6th. so-called oath keepers are the ones we saw in tactical gear and combat formation that day. you can see them there. the indictment says that rhodes and the others engaged in a conspiracy to, quote, oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force, by preventing, hindering, or delaying by force execution of laws governing the transfer of power. now, according to the prosecutors, the so-called oath keepers stationed themselves around the d.c. area, some near the capitol, with a group waiting at a nearby virginia hotel with a cache of weapons. they also say the plotting did not end with the attacks and that rhodes and others met later to celebrate the day and, quote, discuss next steps. this was by any stretch a big deal, which is we ll discuss with our legal team in a moment, could get much bigger. attorney general garland may have telegraphed it last week
good evening. in so many ways the stakes for democracy only grew higher and perhaps so too did the cost of defending it because now for the first time in its criminal investigation, the justice department has brought charges of seditious conspiracy in connection with the january 6th attack on the capitol. conspiring in the words of the law to overthrow, put down, or destroy by force the government of the united states. short of treason, the stakes can t get any higher. 11 members of the right-wing group the extremist group, the so-called oath keepers have been charged including their leader, stewart rhodes. the highest profile individual charged so far in connection with january 6th. so-called oath keepers are the ones we saw in tactical gear and combat formation that day. you can see them there. the indictment says that rhodes and the others engaged in a conspiracy to, quote, oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force, by preventing, hindering, or delaying by force exec