According to recently disclosed court records, Oath Keepers leaders planned to offer personal security to numerous high-profile speakers at the Stop the Steal demonstration before of the January 6 Capitol incident.
Federal court documents show that in the weeks leading up to the January 6 insurgency, founder Stewart Rhodes, Florida chapter head Kelly Meggs, and Arizona chapter leader Ed Vallejo – along with others whose names were redacted – discussed providing ‘personal security detail’ to speakers such as former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, Trump ally Roger Stone, and radio host Alex Jones.
Those text messages were released on Monday as evidence in Vallejo’s trial. He is charged with seditious conspiracy, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiring to prevent an officer from discharging duties.
The conversation about providing them with personal security allegedly kicked off on New Years Eve, when Meggs, using the username ‘OK Gator 1’ messaged other Oath Keeper leaders saying she was on ‘Flynn detail on Tuesday’.
‘Are we primary detail or back up,’ she asked, according to a transcript of the text message exchange. ‘Trying to get some guys up early to assist.’
Another member of the text messaging group, whose username was redacted, then relied: ‘We will likely be assisting, most of these folks have a small detail in place, but need assistance moving through the crowd or ahead of vehicles.
‘Personally, I am not sure who we will be assisting with, but told Flynn maybe one … but he is not on the speaker list that I can find,’ the unknown texter continued. ‘However, that happened the last time also.
‘Also, realize that NOTHING is set with these folks,’ he wrote, ‘I was on the Flynn detail last time and things changed on the fly ALL day!!!’
Rhodes, 56, later allegedly replied that the group had requests for personal security for Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander, who Rhodes said received death threats and ‘is asking for a two-man dedicated’ detail, as well as other speakers.
‘Bottom line is those of you wanting to do PSD [personal security detail] details will get plenty of opportunity,’ he wrote, noting: ‘We may also end up assisting Alex Jones again, which is a great feather in our cap.’
‘We worked superbly [well] with both Alex Jones’ security team (who are awesome guys) and with Praetorian Guard (also awesome veterans – led by SF and SEAL veterans). They LOVE working with us because of our legit “quiet professional demeanor and skill sets,”‘ he wrote.
The next day, a now incarcerated former member of the group, wrote: ‘Roger Stone just asked for security,’ to which Meggs replied: ‘We have him already. We have Stone.’
The revelations come as the Department of Justice continues to investigate whether Alex Jones and Roger Stone played a role in the Capitol breach on January 6, 2021.
The New York Times has previously reported that at least six of the people seen guarding Roger Stone in the days before and after the insurrection entered the building during the attack.
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