Oath Keepers File 11th-Hour Motion for New Trial Venue, Citing DC Bias

Oath Keepers File 11th-Hour Motion for New Trial Venue, Citing DC Bias
Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III has said the group did not attack the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Jim Urquhart/Reuters
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Four Oath Keepers and an associate accused of seditious conspiracy on Jan. 6, 2021, filed an emergency motion for a change of trial venue, citing new research that nearly 70 percent of Washington respondents hold a negative view of the Oath Keepers, much higher than those in three other federal court districts.

Attorneys for Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins, Thomas Caldwell, and Kelly Meggs filed the motion (pdf) on Sept. 23 before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta. They renewed an earlier recommendation to move the trial to the Eastern District of Virginia.
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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