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Extremist group the oath keepers and ten other members with seditious conspiracy in connection to the violent attack on the capitol. this is the first time prosecutors have filed sedition charges against any of the more than 700 people accused so far in the siege. the indictment paints a detailed picture of the members alleged actions on january 6th. prosecutors describe the groups stack formation as they marched up the east steps of the capitol and then entered the capitol building with the mob...

This is a ordinary day, one day in january. the planning that was in this indictment is astounding. theyre talking about quick reaction force outside the city. theyre talking about marching in stack formation and using military terminology and amassing weapons to do something of the 2020 presidential election. >> absolutely. and as joe was saying, it fits this seditious conspiracy statute. if two or more person by force or events of delaying the execution of any laws of the united states or by a...

All of it to the capitol grounds to then breach the capitol. so, weve been seeing this emerge in court filings and now the justice department is taking it that step further to charge this much more serious charge of seditious conspiracy against the founder of the oath keepers, leader of the oath keepers, one other person and then nine other people who had been previously charged and are now -- have this superseding indictment that includes seditious conspiracy. so this is all a work in progress,...

This is what that looked like, the military-style stack formation. all right. theres a bunch of yahoos standing around yelling, but who are these guys? this organized group, one hand on each of them and the next one, wearing helmets, wearinge coordinated outfits of some , kind, purposefully trudging up the stairs like the ap said. within six weeks the fbi tracked down and arrested the people who formed that stack on january 6th. and those folks were not just charged with trespassing. they were n...

One. and person one, person one, the leader of the oath keepers, he surfaced by name in lots of thee communications among those folks who were indicted last february. the guys who were in that stack formation heading up to the capitol. person one, the leader of the oath keepers is a guy named stewart rhodes. and, yes, thats him with the eye patch. you will be shocked to learn it had something to do with the unsafe handling of firearms. yeah. a little accident with a gun. thats what happened to t...

Over the next months with rhodes advocating for the use of force on the oath keepers website. on christmas day, six days after trumps wild tweet, rhodes wrote i think congress will screw president trump over. the only chance we have is if we scare the s out of them and convince them it will be torches and pitchforks time if they dont do the right thing. but i dont think theyll listen. the planning continued, and by january 5th, they were in the d.c. area, stocked with weapons. they split into st...

Attorney, and this is in relation to january 6th, and this is probably true, because it has been foreshadowed. he has been an unindicted co-conspirator in the court filings as person one, because remember there are 17 other oathkeepers who have been charged and many of them with conspiracy, and stewart rhodes has been referred to in the court filings as really what the doj has referred to as the central presence and effectively someone who is directing the movements of these oath keepers and he ...

Going to be staging and well be there. well be inside d.c. and also on the outside of d.c. armed, prepared to go in if the president calls us. >> armed they were. he mentioned at the end he was awaiting the presidents calls. of course some of the trump longest serving trump advisers were at least also operationally near these oath keepers. heres roger stone with them on january 6th, hours before the oath keepers were using that stack formation that we just heard about. the dojs new updated indic...

The oath keepers marched in a stack formation up the capitol steps, equipped themselves with a variety of weapons and were, quote, prepared to take up arms at rhodes direction. my next guest follows the oath keepers better married for 23 years including while rhodes was founding the oath keepers until she filed for divorce in 2018. tosha adams joins me now. your reaction to stewart rhodes testifying today? >> what i thought. he pled the fifth. he talked about himself a lot, as well. the founding...

Using hand signals to move in silence. its a two-week crash course in combat. the bare essentials to stay alive. >> it looked really great. >> as always, just keep clear of that doorway, right? >> reporter: matt gallagher served in iraq. adrian barn berger did too, in afghanistan. both came here from america to help. outside, ben bush prepares another group of volunteers. he served two tours in iraq as a marine. >> theres suspected patrol in the area, were not sure. any questions? >> reporter: b...