Stewart Rhodes, founder of the citizen militia group known as the Oath Keepers speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington.
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- The head of the far-right group Oath Keepers has been arrested in the Capitol riot investigation.
- Elmer Stewart Rhodes and 10 others were charged with seditious conspiracy on Thursday.
- Rhodes has said he was at the Capitol on January 6 but did not enter the building.
The leader of the right-wing extremist group Oath Keepers, Elmer Stewart Rhodes, was arrested on Thursday in connection to the January 6 Capitol riot, several news outlets reported.
Rhodes has said he was at the Capitol that day but did not enter the building, according to the Washington Post.
The arrest comes after the House select committee investigating the riot in November issued subpoenas to Rhodes along with the leaders of other far-right groups including the Proud Boys and the 1st Amendment Praetorian. The groups are the most high-profile right-wing extremists to have been involved in the violent breach of the Capitol during the certification of then-President-elect Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
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