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Competing accounts of whether federal informants or agents were central organizers of the January 6 Capitol breach, versus accounts focusing on defendant conduct without federal orchestration.

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Oath Keepers7

  • Official · A federal court sentenced Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy related to the January 6 Capitol attack.
  • Documented · Accounts of the pre-January 6 environment describe overlapping presence of Oath Keepers figures with Stop the Steal organizers and media personalities during related Washington events.
  • Documented · Public accounts describe Oath Keepers leadership messaging that urged followers to mobilize to Washington, D.C., in the period before the Capitol breach.
  • Documented · Reporting has stated that an Oath Keepers membership list included elected officials, police officers, and members of the military.
  • Documented · Research centers and formal testimony have examined the Oath Keepers’ planning, mobilization, and conduct around the January 6 Capitol breach.
  • Official · Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, was charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the January 6 Capitol attack.
  • Documented · The Oath Keepers has been described as an American far-right antigovernment organization composed primarily of current and former military and law enforcement personnel.

Department of Justice1

  • Documented · The Department of Justice has brought hundreds of related federal cases.

FBI1

  • Documented · The FBI’s use of confidential human sources in related probes has been a subject of oversight questions.

Proud Boys1

  • Official · The District of Columbia attorney general’s office brought civil litigation against the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers related to January 6.

Stewart Rhodes1

  • Contested · After presidential commutation of certain January 6-related sentences, the Justice Department and a federal court disputed whether Stewart Rhodes remained subject to restrictions on access to the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. Capitol1

  • Documented · A crowd breached the U.S. Capitol on 6 January 2021 during Electoral College vote counting.

Other1

  • Documented · Congressional investigations produced extensive public materials on the day and its planning environment.

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