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we have men already stationed outside d.c. as a nuclear option in case the attempt to remove the president illegally we ll step in and stop it, armed prepared to go in. reporter: as the plans for january 6th started in motion according to rhodes attorney, the oath keepers were asked by january 6th rally organizers to provide security. they were coming to the capitol for a demonstration on lot eight that alex jones and alexander were going to have went off the rails and didn t happen. reporter: two days before the insurrection, rhodes posted an alert bulletin. all patriots that can get to d.c. need to be in d.c. stand now he wrote or neal forever. they came armed in battle fatigues and according to prosecutors, began executing their plan to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power including multiple ways to deploy force. take over the capitol. over ran the capitol. ....
Leadership, us, me and the team leader whip to enter the capitol. no instructions by us to do so and we didn t even know that any of our guys had done it until afterwards. reporter: but this indictment tells a different story accusing rhodes of seditious conspiracy a complex months long plan for a massively bloody revolution if joe biden took office. prosecutors allege oath keepers prepared for battle at rhodes correction. rhodes purchasing thousands of dollars in guns and tactical equipment, other setting up a quick reaction force and communicating as they stormed the capitol. you are executing citizens arrests. arrest this assembly. we have probable cause, acts of treason, election fraud. reporter: a promoter of the big lie rhodes constantly and publicly called for donald trump to invoke the insurrection act over the november 2020 election or else. if he does not do to, we will ....
For a civil war. reporter: armed oath keepers began showing up at civil disturbances, marchs, protests, all while rhodes pushed the idea that a real war would need to be fought to preserve the u.s. from so-called elites and leftists. unless we can deactivate that brainwashing, we ll eventually have to fight them but when we do, it will be a different ball game because they don t have the military skills we do. reporter: days before election night 2020 rhodes told info wars viewers the time he was predicting was coming. a civil war because you have sitting politicians who are part of the enemy s ranks. good news for us, though, we have 14 million veterans, i believe, at least, massive pool of combat veterans who are awake and aware. reporter: after trump lost the election, the oath keepers acted as security at stop the steal rallies and rhodes talked about providing protection for alex jones and others. he also broadcasted donald trump his shadow army in position. ....
Rhodes of seditious conspiracy for a massive revolution if biden took office and they prepared for battle at rhodes direction purchasing thousands of dollars in guns and tactical equipment and others setting up an armed reaction force and communicating as they stormed the capitol. you are executing citizens arrests, arrests this assembly, we have probable cause, acts of treason, election fraud. reporter: a promoter of the big lie rhodes constantly and public recalled for donald trump to invoke the inis you are recollection act over the november 2020 election or else. if he does not do it, we ll have to fight a bloody civil war or a bloody revolution. that fiery language about revolution isn t new for rhodes. he s obsessed with fears of a deep state government for over a dozen years, rhodes formed the oath keepers in 2009. ....
i barack obama. reporter: after america elected the first black president. his loose military base group swears allegiance they claim to the constitution and nothing else. not obey orders to impose martial law. reporter: rhodes started out with an oath keeper blog but messages were spread to millions of people by conspiracy theorists and stop the steal organizer alex jones. rhodes a regular on jones info wars show for more than a dozen years. why did you start oath keepers? reporter: together jones and rhodes would whip up constir sigh t conspiracy theories. the homeland security department bought 1.6 billion rounds of ammo. they buy it because they think they might have to use it soon so they really almost every again owner i spoke to is very concerned that this is for all the marbles and we re heading ....