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
stewart rhodes is the leader of an extreme far right militia group and has been charged with 10 other members over the riot where donald trump supporters tried to overthrow joe biden s election victory. 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.
speaking to one local oath keeper chapter, he said. he appears to confirm a plan in the run up to january 6th on the run up to january 6th on the info was a conspiracy site. what we are doing is we have men already stationed outside dc as a nuclear option in case of an attempt to remove the president illegally, we will step in and stop it. fin president illegally, we will step in and stop it. on that da , step in and stop it. on that day. oath step in and stop it. on that day, oath keeper- step in and stop it. on that| day, oath keeper members step in and stop it. on that - day, oath keeper members full combat gear when seat writing up combat gear when seat writing up the steps of the capitol in a military stack formation. prosecutors say stewart rhodes, not inside the building, was directing them using a mobile phone and chat app. once inside, the indictment alleges the stack split into, heading in different directions. you just say stewart rhodes had several arm to quick reaction