Oath Keepers Founder Accuses Capitol Police of ‘Willful Perjury,’ Calls for Verdicts to be Overturned

‘The prosecution was caught withholding exculpatory evidence several times, and we had no doubt there was more that was withheld,’ Stewart Rhodes says.

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, is seen on a screen during a House Select Committee hearing to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol, in the Cannon House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on June 9, 2022. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images

Jury verdicts that sent members of the Oath Keepers to federal prison for up to 18 years should be overturned because two Capitol Police officers committed “willful perjury” in the first Jan. 6 Oath Keepers trial, according to the group’s founder.

Elmer Stewart Rhodes III said he knew during his 2022 seditious-conspiracy trial that Capitol Police Special Agent David Lazarus and Officer Harry Dunn gave false testimony, but he didn’t have video proof until a media outlet published it on Oct. 4.