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EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Surveillance Video Never Shown to Defense, Oath Keepers Founder Says

Capitol Police captured Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III on a closed-circuit security camera on Jan. 6, 2021—video that Mr. Rhodes says was never provided to him or his defense team before his 2022 seditious-conspiracy trial in U.S. District Court.
EXCLUSIVE: Capitol Surveillance Video Never Shown to Defense, Oath Keepers Founder Says
Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III attempts a phone call on the upper terrace at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as shown in newly disclosed security video. U.S. Capitol Police/Screenshot via The Epoch Times
Joseph M. Hanneman
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Capitol Police on Jan. 6, 2021, captured Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III on a closed-circuit security camera—video that Mr. Rhodes says was never provided to him or his defense team before his 2022 seditious-conspiracy trial in U.S. District Court.

Security video obtained by The Epoch Times shows that one of the exterior terrace-level cameras was trained on Mr. Rhodes while he stood on the Upper Northwest Terrace at the Capitol between 2:51 p.m. and nearly 3:00 p.m.

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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