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Afternoon Edition: Who are the Oath Keepers?

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Chicago Sun-Times

How the Chicago Police Department tolerates officers with ties to extremism and what’s being done about it

A new civilian oversight panel is working with Chicago police on a policy that would bar officers from joining hate and extremist groups.

Chicago Sun-Times

How we investigated cops with ties to the Oath Keepers

Reporters with the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ filed more than 200 open records requests with the Chicago Police Department and other law enforcement agencies across Illinois.

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Who are the Oath Keepers?

The anti-government group is best known for plotting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, but its notoriety extends years earlier.

Chicago Sun-Times

Revealed: far-right Oath Keepers kept up dues payments after Capitol attack

Venmo records show members of rightwing militia paid vice-president for months after group’s January 6 role was exposed

The Guardian - US

Ray Epps, Trump supporter targeted by Jan. 6 conspiracy theory, pleads guilty to Capitol riot charge

Ray Epps, a onetime Donald Trump supporter who was the target of a conspiracy theory about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for his role in the riot

The Independent UK

Bombshell moment Proud Boys leader finally admits Trump lost 2020 presidential election

Enrique Tarrio’s admission – more than two years after the Capitol riot – came too late to save him from the longest January 6 sentence to date

The Independent UK

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Proud Boys’ Enrique Tarrio gets record 22 years in prison for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

Enrique Tarrio’s sentence is the longest among more than 1,100 Capitol riot cases. He was not in Washington Jan. 6, but prosecutors say he organized, led the assault from afar.

Chicago Sun-Times

Proud Boys ringleader Enrique Tarrio sentenced to 22 years in prison for Jan 6 attack

The sentence is the largest to date connected to the attack, reflecting his singular role organizing members of the mob that brought American democracy to the brink

The Independent UK

Former Proud Boys leader sentenced to 22 years for attack on US Capitol

Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was sentenced Tuesday to 22 years in prison for orchestrating his far-right extremist group’s attack on the U.S. Capitol in a failed bid to stop the transfer of presidential power after Donald Trump lost the 2020 election.

France 24

Seattle Proud Boys leader who led mob to Capitol on January 6 sentenced to 18 years in prison

Ethan Nordean and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes have received the longest sentences yet in connection with the attack

The Independent UK

US court sentences two Proud Boys leaders to jail terms over Capitol attack

A former leader of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison for spearheading an attack on the U.S. Capitol to try to prevent the peaceful transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden after the 2020 presidential election.

France 24

Ex-Proud Boys organizer sentenced to 17 years in prison for plot to keep Trump in power

A former organizer of the far-right Proud Boys extremist group has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for spearheading the U.S. Capitol attack to try to keep Donald Trump in power after the Republican lost 2020 presidential election

The Independent UK

Donald Trump wants his election subversion trial moved out of Washington. That won't be easy

Donald Trump and his legal team face long odds in their bid to move his 2020 election conspiracy trial out of Washington

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The Independent UK

Capitol riot defendant gets probation after rare setback for prosecutors at Oath Keepers trial

A security operations leader for the far-right Oath Keepers group has been sentenced to two years of probation

The Independent UK

Justice Department challenges prison sentences for Oath Keepers convicted on January 6 charges

Federal prosecutors appear dissatisfied with the punishments handed down for treason-related charges

The Independent UK

Broadway star cleared over Jan 6 role after his lawyer argues he was a ‘wannabe’

James Beeks portrayed Judas in a production of ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ in 2021 when he was arrested

The Independent UK

Former 'Jesus Christ Superstar' actor with Oath Keepers ties acquitted of all charges in Jan. 6 riot

A federal judge has acquitted a former “Jesus Christ Superstar” actor of conspiring with members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group to obstruct Congress in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack

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Tribune News Service

Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes warns Trump he’s ‘going to be found guilty’

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes warned former President Donald Trump in a jailhouse interview that he’s “going to be found guilty” in the cases brought by special counsel Jack Smith because the justice system is rigged.

The Independent UK

Oath Keepers leader issues warning to Trump amid ex-president’s legal woes

Stewart Rhodes says prosecutors will target Mr Trump with the same legal theories that led to him facing 18 years in prison

The Independent UK

Oath Keepers lawyer's trial delayed for competency treatment

A judge says the trial of a lawyer for the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group will be delayed so she can get treatment to be mentally competent to stand trial

Tribune News Service

Trump arraigned: Your questions on classified documents case answered

WASHINGTON – Former President Donald Trump appeared Tuesday afternoon at the federal courthouse in Miami, pleading not guilty to 37 felony counts related to mishandling of classified documents.

The Independent UK

New Jersey Oath Keeper who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6 pleads guilty to felony charge

A member of the Oath Keepers extremist group from New Jersey who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and bragged about it in text messages has pleaded guilty to obstructing Congress

The Independent UK

Oath Keeper convicted in Jan. 6 Capitol riot gets 3 years in latest extremist sentencing

A Florida man who stormed the U.S. Capitol with other members of the far-right Oath Keepers group was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other charges — the latest in a historic string of sentences in the Jan. 6

The Independent UK

Oath Keeper who guarded Roger Stone before Jan. 6 attack gets more than 4 years in prison

A member of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group who was part of a security detail for former President Donald Trump’s longtime adviser Roger Stone before storming the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to more than four years in prison

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