appearing in court to face the most serious charges yet in the insurrection investigation. ed lavandera joins us. what happened? reporter: stewart rhodes saying he s not guilty. federal prosecutors laying out a 48-page indictment where they accuse him of forcefully plotting to stop the peaceful transition of presidential power. he faces five different charges, including seditious criminal conspiracy. saying he text messaged and organized a plot to bring weaponry into the d.c. area. sa saying we will have to do a massively bloody revolution against them. that s what is going to have to happen. also going on to say, we aren t going through this without a civil war. prepare your body, mind, and spirit. prosecutors say rhodes and his count counterparts had weapons stashed in a hotel room in northern virginia. but his attorneys say this is being overblown. they were quite fixated that trump would activate them. but they left that in virginia. if they were going to do this, the
prosecutors allege rhodes and his ten co-defendants traveled from across the country to d.c. with stockpiled weapons, ammunition and other tactical equipment, video from january 6th captures oathkeepers wearing military gear forcing their way into the building in a military stack formation. prosecutors say the group even stationed quick reaction forces outside d.c. to rush into the capitol if needed and that rhodes was planning for violence well beyond january 6th. rhodes estranged wife also spoke to cnn. he sees himself as a great leader. he almost has his own mythology of himself and i think he almost made it come true as seeing himself as some sort of figure in history. reporter: meanwhile. trump allies, like senate moornity leader mccarthy are refusing to cooperate with the house select committee investigating january 6th. vb though mccarthy previously supported an investigation and said that president trump admitted responsibility for the attack. cnn servicing t
Seditious conspiracy. also breaking, the cdc just released a highly an mticipated update on its mask policies. and where americans can get free at-home rapid tests. and novak djokovic was just detained and faces a hearing after his visa was revoked again. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we begin with the breaking news. the leader of the oath keepers