Oath Keepers Member Pleads Guilty, Reveals Attempt to Contact Trump
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The Facts
- William Todd Wilson, regional leader of the Oath Keepers militia group, has pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstructing Congress' certification of the Electoral College votes on Jan. 6, 2021.
- The North Carolina resident, who faces 40 years in jail at sentencing, is the third member of the Oath Keepers to plea to the sedition charge.
- Wilson is the first to reveal that Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes attempted to contact then-President Trump after the Capitol riot.
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The Spin
Democratic narrative
Bit by bit we're learning of the ties between groups that were instrumental in the Jan. 6 attacks on the Capitol, like the Oath Keepers and the Proud Boys, and their close ties to the Trump White House. This is a sign that the political attempt to stop the certification of the votes overlapped with the violent effort.
Pro-Trump narrative
It's absurd to call Jan. 6 a "seditious conspiracy" by unarmed citizens who largely committed no acts of violence. The Democrats are the anti-Americans, targeting patriotic citizens as "domestic terrorists."
