Many Prospective Jurors in Oath Keepers Trial Say They Can Be Impartial Despite Strong Views

Potential jurors and other visitors wait outside the E. Barrett Prettyman U.S. Courthouse in Washington on Sept. 27, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

WASHINGTON—Many prospective jurors questioned on Sept. 27 and Sept. 28 for the Oath Keepers trial say they can be impartial despite having strong views on the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol, former President Donald Trump, and gun control.

Several prospects called what happened on Jan. 6, 2021, an insurrection, a term used by many Democrats but criticized as inaccurate by most Republicans.