The Oath Keepers militia leader, who received an 18-year prison sentence for his role in the riot on January 6 and who calls it "big talk, not action," has a message for the late president Trump: "You're next."
Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy despite never entering the Capitol or having "an actual plan" for insurrection that prosecutors could point to, told The Washington Times from the D.C. Department of Corrections Central Detention Facility, where he is being held in isolation, that "you're going to get railroaded."
If you try to go to trial, Rhodes warned, "You're going to be found guilty." Because of this, more people are likely to accept a plea bargain and agree to "test-a-lie" against President Trump.
In addition to looking into Trump's involvement in the Capitol riot and potential attempts to rig the 2020 election, Special Counsel Jack Smith is pursuing the former president through a 37-count federal indictment in a Florida federal court for keeping sensitive documents at his exclusive Mar-a-Lago club.
Rhodes anticipated that, similar to how they pressured other Oath Keepers to testify against him and other militia members who received sentences ranging from 36 to 54 months in prison, federal prosecutors would threaten Trump's witnesses with life in prison in an effort to persuade them to turn against him.
He made reference to the civil lawsuit brought by House Democrats that was filed before the criminal trial and accused the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, Trump, and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani of conspiring to incite the riot on January 6.
The obvious narrative setting and the forerunner to the criminal cases are the civil cases. The criminal prosecutions only serve to confirm everything, according to Rhodes.
Stewart Rhodes, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy despite never entering the Capitol or having "an actual plan" for insurrection that prosecutors could point to, told The Washington Times from the D.C. Department of Corrections Central Detention Facility, where he is being held in isolation, that "you're going to get railroaded."
If you try to go to trial, Rhodes warned, "You're going to be found guilty." Because of this, more people are likely to accept a plea bargain and agree to "test-a-lie" against President Trump.
In addition to looking into Trump's involvement in the Capitol riot and potential attempts to rig the 2020 election, Special Counsel Jack Smith is pursuing the former president through a 37-count federal indictment in a Florida federal court for keeping sensitive documents at his exclusive Mar-a-Lago club.
Rhodes anticipated that, similar to how they pressured other Oath Keepers to testify against him and other militia members who received sentences ranging from 36 to 54 months in prison, federal prosecutors would threaten Trump's witnesses with life in prison in an effort to persuade them to turn against him.
He made reference to the civil lawsuit brought by House Democrats that was filed before the criminal trial and accused the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, Trump, and his lawyer Rudy Giuliani of conspiring to incite the riot on January 6.
The obvious narrative setting and the forerunner to the criminal cases are the civil cases. The criminal prosecutions only serve to confirm everything, according to Rhodes.
