Leader of Oath Keepers group arrested in connection with Capitol attack

Stewart Rhodes has been charged with seditious conspiracy in the 6 January insurrection

Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the 6 January attack on the US Capitol, authorities said Thursday.

Rhodes is the highest-ranking member of an extremist group to be arrested in the deadly siege and it is the first time the justice department has brought a seditious conspiracy charge in connection with the attack on the Capitol.

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