Oath Keepers leader makes 1st court appearance following arrest on seditious conspiracy charge

on the U.S. Capitol, made his first appearance before a judge Friday in a federal courtroom in Texas.

In his Friday court appearance, Rhodes responded"Yes" when asked by Magistrate Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson if he understood the charges against him. He then waived his right to have the full indictment read aloud. While Rhodes himself is not alleged to have entered the Capitol during the attack, prosecutors say he did enter the restricted area surrounding the building and coordinated with Oath Keepers who were part of a military-style"stack" formation seen walking into the building up the east side steps.

After the riot, Rhodes and Vallejo allegedly met up at a restaurant where they"celebrated their attack" and discussed"next steps," according to the indictment. Vallejo allegedly sent a message to a Signal chat group the morning after Jan. 6 where he discussed making a"recon" trip to the Capitol to probe the"defense line" put up by law enforcement in the wake of the attack, court papers said.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared to foreshadow Thursday's charges last week in a speech marking the one-year anniversary of Jan. 6, when he addressed criticism of the department's handling of the investigation and the lack of charges to date against the more prominent figures believed to have coordinated the assault on Congress.

'Oath Creepers'

He gets one of the two E's, Exile or Execution.

Pirates of the Caribbean?

Was his fly open too?

He shot that eye himself

Still innocent

America. You'll Shoot Your Eye Out! Maddow Lawrence.

👀⤵️.....

“Do you live in your parent’s basement and own multiple cargo vests…?”

Tell me you collect dragon statues without telling me you collect dragon statues.

Lock him up.

he seems like a good guy

He never saw that coming from the radical. Wonder why.

In the coming days, we'll see Donald’s seditious conspiracy unfold. Buckle up & brush up. NoOneUnscripted warnings about it began eight weeks before the insurrection.

Wtf is Dan Crenshaw doing there. And where’s Ray Epps he’s an oath keeper too

Wasn’t the eye patch on the other side

I d want that guy on my team if life gets hard.

ItWasACoup Why is his attorney trying to get him out of jail He’s a flight risk.

There should be an additional charge filed for that combover 😝

🚨 This was the worst crime ever!!! KUMBAYA ?!? 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲 POTUS SenatorSinema Sen_JoeManchin VotingRightsAct USHistory

Old dudes playin’ pretend on the internet.

“Stewart Rhodes, a former Army paratrooper and graduate of Yale Law School” Almost as believable a “terrorist” leader as Baghdadi. Yale?

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