The trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and four of his co-defendants is set to start in the U.S. District Court in Washington on Sept. 27, marking one of the most high-profile cases to emerge from the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol.
Jury selection began Tuesday and could take several days, while the trial itself is expected to last at least six weeks and will likely feature testimony from dozens of witnesses, video footage from the day of the breach, and audio and text message communications between the defendants.
Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins, Thomas Caldwell, and Kelly Meggs are the first people in over 10 years to face federal charges of seditious conspiracy in their alleged actions to prevent the certification of electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election between President Donald Trump and President-elect Joe Biden….