Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, the founder of the Oath Keepers, will remain jailed until trial on a host of federal charges stemming from riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a federal magistrate in Plano, Texas ruled Jan. 26. Magistrate Judge Kimberly Priest Johnson agreed with federal prosecutors, who argued there are no conditions of bail that would guarantee Rhodes’ appearance for trial and protect the public from a man charged with seditious conspiracy to disrupt the federal government and the peaceful transfer of power after the 2020 elections. “The weight of the evidence against defendant is strong and reveals defendant’s participation in a coordinated attack on government officials within the United States Capitol and that defendant put in place and controlled armed groups to support and/or further escalate the planned attack,” the judge wrote in a 17-page ruling. Johnson cited Rhodes’ lack of ties to any community, …