The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers organization began testifying in his own defense at his seditious conspiracy trial on Friday, telling jurors that he thought the 2020 election was “unconstitutional” and that neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden were lawfully elected.
Over the course of five weeks of testimony, jurors have heard violent rhetoric from Rhodes and about his attempts to reach then-President Donald Trump and convince him to invoke the Insurrection Act to stay in powerThe founder of the far-right Oath Keepers organization began testifying in his own defense at his seditious conspiracy trial on Friday, telling jurors that he thought the 2020 election was"unconstitutional" and that neither Donald Trump nor Joe Biden were lawfully elected.
Stewart Rhodes is on trial along with Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins and Thomas Caldwell, all of whom are charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with their actions surrounding the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. on Thursday without calling cooperating witnesses who pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy.
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