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Federal Judge Rules Oath Keepers Leader Can’t Fire Attorneys Three Weeks Before Trial

Federal Judge Rules Oath Keepers Leader Can’t Fire Attorneys Three Weeks Before Trial
Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III testified in an Alaska civil trial on Dec. 19, 2022. Real Story of Jan. 6/Epoch TV
Joseph M. Hanneman
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An angry U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta on Sept. 7 refused to allow Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III to fire his defense attorneys and bring in new counsel three weeks before the start of his Jan. 6 seditious-conspiracy trial.

Mehta said no new attorney coming in this late could be ready for trial in the requested 90 days.

Joseph M. Hanneman
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Joseph M. Hanneman is a former reporter for The Epoch Times who focussed on the January 6 Capitol incursion and its aftermath, as well as general Wisconsin news. In 2022, he helped to produce "The Real Story of Jan. 6," an Epoch Times documentary about the events that day. Joe has been a journalist for nearly 40 years.
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