Index/Organizations/Oath Keepers

Oath Keepers

American far-right organization since 2009

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Oct 31, 2025
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did trump pay for jan 6 protesters

Donald Trump’s political operation and allied Republican committees funneled into the Jan. 6, 2021 rally and related organizers through campaign and PAC payments, fundraising efforts, and payments to ...

Jan 25, 2026
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Has judge Caldwell filed criminal charges re witness tampering

There is no evidence in the provided reporting that a person named “” has filed criminal charges for witness tampering; the name Caldwell in the key, recent federal matters refers to , a defendant con...

Jan 13, 2026
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How many defendants have been convicted of seditious conspiracy in Jan 6 cases and what sentences did they receive?

Federal prosecutors charged 18 people in connection with the Jan. 6 attack with the rarely used Civil War–era count of seditious conspiracy; according to reporting aggregated in these sources, 14 of t...

Nov 4, 2025

What role did antifa play in the 2021 US Capitol attack?

The claim that ; multiple statements from the FBI and testimony to Congress found no indication of Antifa involvement and identified far-right groups and supporters of then-President Trump as the prim...

Jan 28, 2026

were all of the rioters during january 6th riot at the capital pardoned by President Trump

used a sweeping on January 20, 2025 that pardoned or commuted the sentences of the vast majority of people charged in the , 2021, Capitol attack—reports variously place the number at roughly 1,200 to ...

Dec 9, 2025

What role does white supremacy play in Christian Nationalist ideology?

Christian nationalist ideology in the United States frequently overlaps with white supremacist ideas: scholars and surveys link Christian nationalist beliefs to white identity, anti-Black and anti-imm...

Nov 13, 2025

What is the difference between 'insurrection' and 'seditious conspiracy' under federal law and how were they applied after January 6 2021?

Insurrection (18 U.S.C. § 2383) criminalizes taking up arms or otherwise against the United States or giving aid to such efforts; seditious conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § 2384) criminalizes an to use force t...

Dec 14, 2025

Which extremist groups used or amplified 'hang Mike Pence' chants around January 6, 2021?

Multiple contemporary news accounts and eyewitness reporting establish that supporters of then-President Trump at the January 6, 2021, Capitol breach chanted “Hang Mike Pence,” erected a makeshift gal...

Oct 28, 2025

Who organized and planned the January 6th Capitol riot?

The evidence shows played organizing and planning roles for January 6: the permit applicant Women for America First misled authorities about marching plans, and extremist groups including the Oath Kee...

Dec 6, 2025

What evidence supports claims that the Democratic Party planned the January 6 Capitol attack?

There is no credible evidence in the supplied reporting that the Democratic Party planned the January 6, 2021, attack; mainstream accounts and investigations attribute planning to pro‑Trump extremist ...

Nov 10, 2025

Who attended Trump's January 6 2021 rally and what was the crowd size?

The available analyses show wide disagreement over who attended former President Donald Trump’s January 6, 2021, “March for Trump” rally and how many people were present: organizers and conservative a...

Jan 14, 2026

is donald trump popular with white supremacists

Donald Trump is widely seen by reporting and civil-society observers as someone whose rhetoric, appointments and actions have attracted admiration and active support from white supremacist and far‑rig...

Nov 21, 2025

Have any prosecutors or grand juries charged Trump with espionage, treason, or seditious-conspiracy statutes?

Federal prosecutors have charged Donald Trump under the Espionage Act (primarily 18 U.S.C. §793(e)) in the classified-documents case — the indictments include dozens of counts tied to unlawful retenti...

Nov 22, 2025

When was the last sedition conviction in U.S. federal courts and what was the sentence?

The most recent federal convictions for seditious conspiracy cited in available reporting relate to prosecutions tied to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol: several Oath Keepers were convict...

Nov 18, 2025

Why were no January 6 defendants charged with insurrection?

Federal prosecutors did pursue the most serious charges available: dozens of defendants tied to organized groups were charged with seditious or seditious‑conspiracy counts (e.g., Oath Keepers and Prou...

Jan 28, 2026

who were the people arrested at the capitol in 2020

The available reporting supplied here covers the mass arrests arising from the breach of , not arrests “at the Capitol in 2020,” a distinction that the record in these sources makes essential; there a...

Nov 10, 2025

How many people were federally charged with seditious conspiracy or insurrection related to January 6 2021?

The count of people federally charged with seditious conspiracy in connection to January 6, 2021 is — four Oath Keepers convicted in January 2023 plus two Oath Keepers leaders convicted in November 20...

Nov 19, 2025

How many pardons and commutations has Donald Trump issued by November 19, 2025 and how are they categorized?

Donald Trump’s second-term use of clemency has been large and idiosyncratic: on January 20, 2025 he issued a sweeping mass action that pardoned roughly 1,500 people charged in connection with the Janu...

Jan 26, 2026

What specific recruitment materials or ads from ICE have been cited by lawmakers as containing alleged extremist 'dog whistles'?

Lawmakers and former officials have pointed to a small set of recent and recruitment posts as containing overt or implied white‑nationalist “dog whistles,” citing specific phrases and imagery such as ...

Jan 25, 2026

Which Jan. 6 defendants received presidential pardons or commutations in 2025, and where did they go afterwards?

On January 20, 2025, issued a sweeping clemency proclamation that pardoned the vast majority of people charged in connection with the , attack — approximately 1,500 to 1,583 defendants by contemporane...