Nearly a week after getting slapped down by the federal judge overseeing his criminal case, Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III filed a flurry of new motions asking that a special master be appointed to oversee discovery evidence, separating his case from other co-defendants, and again requesting a trial delay.
Just a day before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta holds a pretrial conference in the seditious conspiracy case against Rhodes and four other defendants, Rhodes also moved to suppress a November 2020 Oath Keepers GoTo Meeting session that he suggested could have been illegally wiretapped.
On Sept. 7, Mehta angrily denied Rhodes’ attorney Edward Tarpley Jr.’s motion for a trial delay, chiding him for the way he allegedly mischaracterized how the case has been handled since Rhodes was indicted on Jan. 12, 2022. Mehta would not allow Rhodes to fire his two Texas-based attorneys, saying the ensuing delays would cause chaos. He said Tarpley would be welcome to join them at the defense table….