caramesin.com – Why It Matters: Oath supporters garnered national attention for asserting their role in the deadly January 6th Capitol riot. Hundreds of elected officials, military and law enforcement officers are listed as members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Anti-Defamation League.
1 event 6 highlighted renewed concerns about domestic extremism in the military after several former and current soldiers were accused of involvement in the Capitol riots.
Current Status: The leaked member list was published by journalist collective Distributed Denial of Secrets (DDoSecrets) in September 2021. The ADL’s Center for Extremism screened 38,000 names on the lists to identify those in “sensitive positions”, the group said in the report.
The ADL has identified 373 people named to the Oath Keepers roster who are currently employed by law enforcement in the United States, including at least 10 police chiefs and 11 sheriffs. The group identified 117 people currently serving in the military, including 11 serving as reservists and a further 31 with military contractors or civilian positions.
The list includes “86 active duty firefighters (including several fire chiefs), 19 active duty paramedics and 31 active duty emergency technicians on the member list,” he said.
ADL identified 81 people running or running for public office nationwide in August. 8. “These folks manage everything from local bureaucrats like mayors, city council members, and school district members to congressmen and senators,” the report said.
Strong Price: “Including a person in the eth keeper database, there is no proof of a vru holder or vru holder, it proves that he has a part of the ethe keeper ideology or a scene, or actively participate in the ethy keeper activity Has taken. ADL. The report states.
Big picture: Earlier this year, D.C. of the prosecutors of federal prosecutors. He insisted that he had stored external firearms and ammunition. 6.
In June, prosecutors expanded a seditious conspiracy charge against the group’s founder, Stuart Rhodes, and eight other defendants, accusing them of coordinating and using violence to oppose the transfer of power.
