Oath Keepers took part in the 2014 Bundy Ranch confrontation with federal agents.

Credits: the day.com

Later, when a grand jury decided not to indict a police officer

In the shooting death of Michael Brown, 18, they camped out on rooftops in Ferguson, Missouri.

In the shooting death of Michael Brown, 18, they camped out on rooftops in Ferguson, Missouri.

The organisation would ultimately

Accept the hyperbole of then-candidate Donald Trump and his bogus assertions that the 2020 election was rigged.

The purpose of their trial?

In one of the most well-known cases to result from the incident at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, they have been charged with seditious conspiracy.

In order to prevent Joe Biden from becoming president, according to the prosecution, they spent weeks

Gathering guns, setting up paramilitary training, and preparing armed squads outside of Washington.

On January 6, 2021, Oath Keepers dressed in helmets and other combat gear were seen on TV

Shouldering their way past a mob of enraged Trump supporters and attacking the Capitol in a military-style stack formation.

The Oath Keepers, on the other hand, maintain that there was never a plot to assault the Capitol

And claim that the prosecution has misrepresented their testimony.

They claim that they were in Washington to provide security

And that their planning, training, equipment, and weapons were done so that they could defend themselves

from left-wing antifa activists who might use force against them or be ready in case Trump used the Insurrection Act to call up a militia.