Oath Keeper brought explosives to D.C. ahead of Jan. 6 riot, DOJ says

A member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia introduced explosives to Washington, D.C. forward of the Jan. 6 lethal riot, based on court docket paperwork from the Justice Division.

Driving the information: The DOJ stated that the federal government seized explosives from Jeremy Brown, an Oath Keeper member from Florida, together with “navy ordinance grenades” in his automobile.

Particulars: DOJ prosecutors plan to current this within the September trial of a number of Oath Keepers. Brown shouldn’t be a part of that trial.

• They are going to argue that this proof reveals that the members charged with seditious conspiracy had the “method and means” to “advance the objectives of the charged conspiracy.”
• “Certainly, possessing, transporting, and storing numerous weapons across the Washington, D.C., space was half and parcel to organizing and executing” the riot.

Catch up quick: Stewart Rhodes, a founder and chief of the Oath Keepers, and eight different militia members had been arrested and charged for his or her position in organizing the Jan. 6 riot.

• An indictment amended this week says that “Rhodes and sure conspirators … coordinated journey throughout the nation to enter Washington, D.C., outfitted themselves with a wide range of weapons, donned fight and tactical gear, and had been ready to reply Rhodes’ name to take up arms at Rhodes’ path.”