Oath Keepers leader sought to contact Trump on Jan. 6, court papers indicate

[brooklynite]

Politico

Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes tried to connect with then-President Donald Trump on the evening of Jan. 6, 2021, and urge him to ask the group to forcibly oppose the ascension of Joe Biden, according to a court filing posted on Wednesday in connection with a plea deal by one of Rhodes’ allies.

That evening, after Oath Keepers led by Rhodes departed Capitol grounds, Rhodes gathered members of the group at the Phoenix Hotel in Capitol Hill. There, according to the filing, Rhodes contacted “an individual over speaker phone.”

One of the other members of the group, William Todd Wilson, “heard Rhodes repeatedly implore the individual to tell President Trump to call upon groups like the Oath Keepers to forcibly oppose the transfer of power,” prosecutors say.

“This individual denied Rhodes’s request to speak directly with President Trump,” according to the filing. “After the call ended, Rhodes stated to the group, ‘I just want to fight.’”

[Hoyt]

1. If we can find evidence that trump called these militia groups, we'd finally have him.

[gab13by13]

2. That's what Meadows was for,

he was the relay man.

[Hoyt]

3. In that case, Meadows and trump would likely dodge this one too because they didn't take the call.

[Achilleaze]

4. They didn't take "that call"

But what calls did the Republican traitors take? And what calls did the Republican traitors make?

The truth will come out eventually, for the sake of America.

[Hoyt]

5. We've gotta find evidence of some call if we want trump. Roger Stone, etc., will likely go down.

[fightforfreedom]

6. Someone was talking to the leader of the oath keepers.

Someone close to Trump. We don't know yet who it was. I have a feeling they were in contact with many people who were close to Trump. The DOJ has the phones of the oath keepers. Stay tuned, things are going to get hot.

[TheRealNorth]

7. I am not surprised by this.

Trump is snakey enough to know not to interact directly with the people doing the crime on his behalf.

I suspect it was Roger Stone or Ghouliani. Especially the latter, because he likes to try to hide behind lawyer-client privelege when he commits his crimes.