here s our washington correspondent, nomia iqbal. more than 725 people have been arrested and charged for the attack that shocked the world. but this is the most serious indictment yet and the first for seditious conspiracy, which is defined as trying to overthrow the government. it s alleged the oath keepers planned an attack the moment president biden s victory had been made official. they are a loosely knit militia that believes the us government has been corrupted by elites. leading the charge was the yale educated lawyer and army veteran, stewart rhodes, claim investigators. they say, in december the month before the attack he organised the violence using encrypted apps. speaking to one local oath keeper chapter, he said. he appears to confirm a plan in the run up to january 6th on the infowars conspiracy site. what we re doing is we have men already stationed outside dc as a nuclear option
he appears to confirm a plan in the run up to january 6th on the infowars conspiracy site. what we re doing is we have men already stationed outside dc as a nuclear option in case they attempt to remove the president illegally, we will step in and stop it. on that day, oath keeper members wearing full combat gear were seen marching through the crowd, up the east steps of the capitol in a military style stack formation. prosecutors say rhodes, who wasn t inside the building, was directing them using a mobile phone and chat app. once inside, the indictment alleges the stack split in two, heading in different directions. prosecutors say rhodes had several armed quick reaction forces on standby that could be called into escalate the attack. rhodes, who was arrested in texas along with others, has said in previous interviews with conservative groups that the members who entered the capitol had gone off mission and were not acting on his orders.