Stewart Rhodes Chokes Back Tears At 1/6 Committee, Pleads 5th To Partisan Questions

 

Here is a Stewart Rhodes update that sure shows him more an FBI victim more than an FBI plant. Rhodes provides Patriot answers to the Dem-Marxist political inquisition panel known as January 6 select committee trying AGAIN to frame the legitimately elected President Trump for an insurrection among Trump Supporters. THE ACTUAL INSURRECTION was the Election Coup of fraudulent votes on 11/2/20!

 

(A good mostly neutral description of the Oath Keepers – the Left-Stream Media and Dem-Marxists paint a picture of extremism. Since the Oath Keepers are all about the U.S. Constitution, if your allegiance is to actively support the Constitution – you might be an extremist.)

 

JRH 2/4/22

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BREAKING: Stewart Rhodes Chokes Back Tears At 1/6 Committee, Pleads 5th To Partisan Questions

 

 

Stewart Rhodes (National File Photo - Phil Linder / GiveSendGo)

 

By Tom Pappert

February 2, 2022 at 12:16pm

National File

 

Today Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes appeared before the partisan January 6 select committee organized by Democrat Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Rhodes agreed to appear before the committee despite currently being detained for alleged crimes related to the events of January 6, 2021.

 

Rhodes refused to answer almost every question offered by the committee, except for general questions that described the nature of the Oath Keepers.

 

The Oath Keepers founder choked back tears as he answered questions about the Oath Keepers and their history, explaining that the Oath Keepers protected minority communities in Ferguson, Missouri for two weeks during the 2014 riots in Ferguson, Missouri, recalling the Oath Keepers protecting “minority business owners” from looting.

 

He added that seeing illegal actions by police and National Guard in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina was “part of the reason” why Rhodes founded the Oath Keepers, “to educate military vets on how rules of war overseas apply also domestically.”

 

Rhodes specifically noted that the Oath Keepers regularly “call out” police officers and soldiers who use “excessive force.”

 

“We protest against that, I take this seriously. We have the duty to speak out against any level of government,” said Rhodes. He then used George Floyd’s death as an example, and said that convicted former police officer Derek Chauvin’s actions were an example of excessive force.

 

Rhodes specifically took the 5th when asked to describe his responsibilities as the leader of the Oath Keepers. However, Rhodes told the committee that there are no current dues paying Oath Keepers members because the organization lost its payment processor.

 

Thus, Rhodes has no way of knowing how many active Oath Keepers remain over a year after the January 6 protests.

 

January 6 lawyer Jon Moseley, who represents Rhodes in civil matters related to that day, told National File that this unorthodox appearance was to avoid a conflict with the partisan committee.

 

“There is a legal difference between not appearing at all, in disregard to the subpoena, as opposed to appearing and not being able to answer specific questions,” said Moseley.

 

Moseley explained that the ongoing criminal trial – Rhodes is accused of something called “seditious conspiracy” – would normally preclude his client from speaking before the committee.

 

“He’s going to appear to avoid the fight about supposedly disregarding the subpoena,” Moseley told National File. “But, his new criminal defense attorney, Phil Linder, will not allow him to testify with charges pending.”

 

As noted, Rhodes did not answer questions that could impact his ongoing criminal trial.

 

At one point, the committee asked Rhodes to give an example of an “unlawful order” given by 45th President Donald Trump.

 

Misunderstanding the question, Rhodes gave a series of examples of the previous Republican president, George W. Bush, giving orders that he considered unlawful.

 

When forced to take a stand against one of President Trump’s orders, Rhodes said that the 45th President’s suggestion to “take the guns first” when asked about red flag gun laws was dangerous and irresponsible.

 

Moseley told National File that the committee’s decision to interview Rhodes while knowing he would be unable to answer many of their questions reeked of a public relations move.

 

“I don’t know why they’re in a hurry to have Stewart Rhodes’ deposition when he can’t testify to anything,” said Moseley.

 

“It seems like they’re doing this to generate a press release.”

 

Rhodes was only charged after he told Moseley that he would testify for Kelly Meggs, a fellow Oath Keeper whose criminal trial is being handled by Moseley.

 

In fact, Moseley was on the phone with Rhodes, discussing the Oath Keepers founder’s legal issues, when the FBI raided the address.

 

“The committee wants President Trump’s head on a platter,” Moseley told National File. “And for some reason they think Stewart Rhodes will get them there.”

 

At press time, Rhodes’ appearance is still underway after three hours.

 

Stewart Rhodes is currently raising money for his legal defense via the Christian fundraising platform GiveSendGo.

 

In the fundraiser’s description, attorney Phillip Linder noted that – under Rhodes’ leadership – the Oath Keepers provided security on January 6, and regularly work with the National Guard and law enforcement:

 

Oath Keepers is a national organization made up primarily of first responders that volunteer their time to provide security at national events and declared disasters. They provided security during the Hurricane Harvey cleanup as well as over a dozen other declared disasters. In those situations they worked alongside the National Guard and local law enforcement agencies for each of those disasters.

 

In addition, they have provided security to political speakers who face real threats of violence for speaking at political events and college campuses. They were actually providing security in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021 for multiple individuals and groups scheduled to speak that day on stages around the area of the Capitol.

 

Rhodes is currently being held at a federal facility in Oklahoma, and attended the January 6 committee hearing via a remote video conference. He was arrested in Texas over one year after January 6, 2021.

 

Tom Pappert is the editor-in-chief of National File. Follow him on Twitter @realTomPappert, or follow Tom Pappert on Gab. Tips can be sent securely to nationalfile@protonmail.com.

 

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Stewart Rhodes: FBI Plant or FBI Victim?

John R. Houk, Blog Editor

© February 2, 2022

 

 

Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, in Fort Worth in February. MUST (Aaron Davis/Washington Post – Photo from A Quite Uncomplimentary hit piece in Stars and Stripes)

 

ON JANUARY 6 keep in mind that House Speaker (Commie-Fascist) Pelosi shot down President Trump’s call for the National Guard to provide extra security during the Election-2020 Protest in Washington DC. Privately funded Oath Keepers stepped up to the plate to protect speakers from Antifa/BLM thugs. AND YET this is the very group being framed as domestic terrorists trying to lead an insurrection.

 

The ACTUAL insurrection was Dem-Marxist 2020 election crimes against WE THE PEOPLE!

 

It is now proven the FBI had plants in the January 6 Protest and the plants that are known (certainly there are still unknown plants) are caught on tape instigating peaceful protestors into rage due to Election Fraud Coverups. Some journalists who became aware of FBI incitement wonder if Rhodes was a member of the FBI Plants. My suspicion Rhodes was not a plant but his history of anti-government polemics against Dem-Marxists made him an FBI-target to smoke-and-mirror their way away from actual FBI Plants placed to instigate violence to stop Congressional examination of 2020 Election Fraud during the certification process. Here are some posts on Rhodes that paint the between the lines picture of my suspicions beginning with some biographical info from Heavy.com that tries to be evenhanded yet sources from Left-Wing SPLC:

 

o   Stewart Rhodes: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know; By Paul Farrell; Heavy.com; 4/8/21 5:32pm

 

o   BOMBSHELL: Stewart Rhodes, Ray Epps, John Sullivan Subpoenaed to Testify in 1/6 Oath Keepers Case; By Tom Pappert; National File; 1/3/22 1:51pm

 

o   Federal Protection of “Oath Keepers” Kingpin Stewart Rhodes Breaks The Entire Capitol “Insurrection” Lie Wide Open; Revolver; 6/30/21

 

o   Oath Keepers leader Elmer Stewart Rhodes pleads not guilty to seditious conspiracy in Capitol riot investigation; By Sonam Sheth; Insider; 1/25/22 10:29 AM

 

Here’s a Gateway Pundit report on political prisoner Stewart Rhodes who wrote while incarcerated for a crime he did not commit.

 

JRH 2/2/2022

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Exclusive Letter from Oath Keepers Founder Stewart Rhodes at the Cimarron Prison and Correctional Facility in Oklahoma

 

 

Stewart Rhodes (Philip Pacheco/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

 

By Jim Hoft

February 1, 2022 at 4:46pm

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The attorneys for Stewart Rhodes shared his letter from jail exclusively with The Gateway Pundit this afternoon.

 

Stewart Rhodes was moved from his Plano, Texas holding cell to the Cimarron Prison and Correctional Facility in northeast Oklahoma. Cimarron is a medium-security facility in Cushing, Oklahoma.

 

Rhodes is the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, a group that describes itself as a non-partisan association of current and formerly serving military, police, and first responders who pledge to fulfill the oath all military and police take to “defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.”

 

The federal government has charged Stewart with “seditious conspiracy” after the patriotic group attended several events in Washington DC on January 5th and 6th, 2021. The organization provided security at several of the rallies planned those two days including President Trump’s speech at the Ellipse.

 

The charge of “seditious conspiracy” is a complete farce and the Department of Justice knows this. The DOJ claims, without a scintilla of proof, that the Oath Keepers were plotting to overthrow the US government by force.  The Oath Keepers were unarmed on January 6 at the US Capitol.

 

Here is the first letter from Stewart Rhodes from the Cimarron Prison and Correctional Facility in Cushing, Oklahoma.

 

** Please donate to the Stewart Rhodes Legal Defense Fund.

 

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Stewart Rhodes Oath Keeper Founder Criminal Defense Fund 

 

Mr. Rhodes is being prosecuted by the Department of Justice on charges of Seditious  Conspiracy as well as four other counts. He is innocent of these charges and never breached the Capitol on January 6th nor instructed anyone to do so. Mr. Rhodes had no part in any plan or conspiracy to enter the Capitol on January 6th. 

 

Oath Keepers was in Washington, D.C. on January 6th to do security for multiple events and  VIP speakers. In addition, they were there to protect Trump supporters from Antifa and other left-wing elements if necessary.

 

Oath Keepers has a longstanding track record, all through the Trump administration, of protecting Trump supporters, events, and speakers from Antifa extremists that like to attack or threaten people in order to intimidate and silence them.

 

Oath Keepers protected event speakers and participants at the November Stop the Steal rally in Washington, D.C. Then on January 5th, 2021, Oath Keepers protected events including the  Jericho march around the Capitol. Additionally, on January 6th, Oath Keepers were tasked with protecting the Latinos for Trump rally as well as the Virginia Freedom Keepers rally two blocks NE of the Capitol.

 

Oath Keepers provided PSD (personal security detail) security escorts for several high-profile female speakers such as the Virginia Freedom Keepers and several others in November––escorting them from Freedom Plaza to the Supreme Court, along with and part of the entourage and security detail for Alex Jones. 

 

Oath Keepers was also tasked with protecting Roger Stone on January 6th and did so.

 

Finally, Oath Keepers was tasked with protecting Ali Alexander and his speakers at a  permitted rally to be held on the Capitol grounds right across from the Supreme Court,  known as area 8. Area 8 was approximately 75 yards from where Rhodes was standing in order to get all of the volunteers to come to him when it was apparent the chaos was starting.

 

Again, at no point was anyone ever instructed by Mr. Rhodes to enter into the Capitol. Unfortunately, two of the Oath Keepers’ security teams took it upon themselves to enter the  Capitol without Mr. Rhodes’ knowledge.

 

Mr. Rhodes did not know that the Florida team had entered the Capitol until after they had come out, and he was informed that they had entered the Capitol. Mr. Rhodes was completely surprised by this. The forward team lead Kelly Meggs told Mr. Rhodes that they had gone inside after the fact. Mr. Rhodes asked him why he had done that, and Meggs told him, “We had heard someone had been shot.” Meggs had two EMS professionals on his team, so they entered the Capitol to render medical aid. Although honorable in foresight, in hindsight it was the worst idea they had.

 

Beginning with President Trump’s inauguration on January 20th, 2017, Oath Keepers teams were on the ground in DC escorting vulnerable Trump supporters such as the elderly,  disabled vets, women, and families with children which are the main targets for Antifa.

 

However, the mainstream media, leftist politicians, and federal law enforcement agencies have been targeting Oath Keepers for years because they fundamentally misunderstand the  Oath Keepers’ true purpose and misconstrue the group’s deeply held patriotic beliefs.

  

Thereafter, Oath Keepers has provided peacekeeping services at hundreds of events, such as those in downtown Berkeley, CA, and the ACT for America March Against Sharia Law events nationwide, and the “Back the Blue” rallies.

 

In all of those hundreds of events, Oath Keepers was able to deter Antifa from attacking, and no one that Oath Keepers has protected has even been harmed in any way. Nor has any Oath  Keeper had to draw a weapon during the course of their security details. This is due to the fact that they only bring retired law enforcement and military to these events––one of the main reasons they are hated so much. In all of those protection details, Oath Keepers has worn body armor, helmets, and eye protection, as well as hard-knuckled gloves because Antifa likes to hit people in the head with bike locks, collapsible batons, pipes, sticks, bats, etc. Further, they like to throw urine, bleach, and other caustic fluids in the face of the security teams, which is why eye protection is needed.

 

At a prior Stop the Steal rally in November, various Proud Boys and a black female Trump supporter were attacked with knives. Hard plate body armor, which is often worn at such protection events by the Oath Keepers, helps to protect against those types of attacks.

 

The government’s selective criminal indictment fails to properly present, in a forthright fashion, many of the Oath Keepers’ lawful activities, which were always designed and planned to be in conformity with the law. This indictment falsely alleges that Oath Keepers traveled to the District of Columbia from all over the country with the specific intent to enter the Capitol and engage in Seditious Conspiracy.

  

Mr. Rhodes looks forward to a public trial and the clearing of his name, as well as the clearing of the names of all the other Oath Keepers and the organization as a whole.

 

** Please donate to the Stewart Rhodes Legal Defense Fund.

 

Jim Hoft is the founder and editor of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online Journalism from the Americans for Prosperity Foundation in May 2016.

 

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