Judge orders pretrial release of key Oath Keeper charged in Capitol attack

A federal judge has released a member of the paramilitary Oath Keepers group who is the lead defendant in the widest ranging conspiracy case the Justice Department has filed over the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6.

The decision is a setback for the Justice Department as it seeks to show that some elements of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol were part of sophisticated and organized cells intent on violently blocking the transition of power between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Caldwell is one of about a dozen Oath Keepers arrested as part of the attack.

The prosecutor noted that Caldwell told a fellow Oath Keeper in a post-Jan. 6 text message to take solace “because what they did was righteous.” Mehta acknowledged that the evidence supports the charges that the government has brought against Caldwell but that it falls short of the burden they need to prove he’s a danger to the community if released pending trial. Mehta instead imposed a strict series of release conditions, denying Caldwell access to the internet, firearms and contact with others allegedly associated with the Capitol assault.

Don’t forget your against keeping black people in jail who can’t make bail. Does it apply to us white people also?

BLM and Antifa took advantage of the moment. Arresting white people and organizations like the Oath Keepers (our veterans) and shutdown of NRA is a page from Hitler and the then Socialist Nazi Party we have called Democrats

There are THOSE who would say: “Read the Declaration of OUR Independence”! Signed on, THE 4th of JULY, 1776! You know, WE CELEBRATE EVERY YEAR💥🇺🇸💥! The analogy: 2020 election, as England’s King George and Adm.Howe! And THOSE, storming the Capital, to, CONTEST THE ELECTION? Us!

glennkirschner2 what do you make of this?

Good thing the judge didn’t try the Manson case

NeverAgainTrump

Most of us knew that the day it happened. That was what Trump intended. In a sane country, he would have been arrested and faced charges immediately, or at least the moment his term ended. This dancing about they've been doing with him is ridiculous. It's clear. Put him away.

There is no evidence of planning; funding of weapons, training … No intelligence failure. They were legal protesters until they reached the US Capitol Building. How did they get on the Capitol grounds?

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