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catbyte

(34,403 posts)
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 05:16 PM Jul 2022

So, it appears as if Elmer Stewart Rhodes was just itching to become Mango Mussolini's Himmler.

Or maybe Ernst Röhm, but he met an ignoble end. However, Hitler was as loyal to his toadies as MM is, so who knows? I wonder if he was designing the uniforms. I'll bet they'd look something like this:



or



I hope that traitor stays in jail. If justice for terrorists was equal, his ass would be in Gitmo, not sitting in Oklahoma. Oh, nice try trying to get out of jail, jackass:

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes makes long-shot offer to testify publicly before Jan. 6 Committee

The militia's founder is currently awaiting trial on multiple felony charges, including one count of seditious conspiracy.

Author: Jordan Fischer
Updated: 5:31 PM EDT July 8, 2022

WASHINGTON — Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes offered this week to testify publicly before the January 6th Committee – an offer with little chance of the committee taking it up, but potentially big downsides for Rhodes’ eventually trial.

Rhodes’ attorney, James Bright, confirmed to CBS News and other outlets Friday that he’d passed along an offer from his client to testify in a public hearing about his and other Oath Keepers’ roles on Jan. 6, when a mob of thousands of pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol Building. Rhodes is one of nine members of the militia under indictment on multiple felony charges, including seditious conspiracy, for allegedly plotting to disrupt the joint session of Congress.

In charging documents, prosecutors have accused Rhodes of saying the election of President Joe Biden would require a “bloody, massively bloody revolution.” They say Rhodes sent as much as $40,000 on firearms and equipment in the days leading up to any immediately after Jan. 6, and that he was part of the Oath Keepers leadership team that planned an armed “quick reaction force” staged in Virginia just across the river from D.C. on Jan. 6. In May, another member of the militia, William Todd Wilson, of North Carolina, said as part of a plea agreement that he’d heard Rhodes call someone close to former President Donald Trump on Jan. 6 and urge them to have Trump “call upon groups like the Oath Keepers to forcibly oppose the transfer of power.”

Rhodes, a graduate of Yale Law, has previously said he intends to testify at his own trial – currently scheduled to begin in late September. While any such testimony would be public, it would not offer the enormous reach of the January 6th Committee hearings, which have drawn millions of television viewers over the past month. Rhodes’ offer to testify was reportedly contingent upon the hearing being held publicly and broadcast by major television networks. The committee has rejected testimony offers with similar conditions from other potential witnesses, including MyPillow founder Mike Lindell.

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So, it appears as if Elmer Stewart Rhodes was just itching to become Mango Mussolini's Himmler. (Original Post) catbyte Jul 2022 OP
By all means, Elmer gratuitous Jul 2022 #1
Is he "eyepatch man"? SergeStorms Jul 2022 #2
Yeppers. catbyte Jul 2022 #3
Same guy.... SergeStorms Jul 2022 #4
Yep dalton99a Jul 2022 #6
Do with him just like they should do with Bannon....... MyOwnPeace Jul 2022 #5

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
1. By all means, Elmer
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 05:22 PM
Jul 2022

Testify at your trial. The prosecuting attorneys will have notebooks full of questions for you.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
2. Is he "eyepatch man"?
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 05:27 PM
Jul 2022

Who doesn't really need the eyepatch, he just thinks it makes him look cool and menacing?

Definitely illusions of grandeur. A legend in his own mind.

Anybody who would follow that moron to a convenience store should be committed for a three day psychiatric examination.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
4. Same guy....
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 06:15 PM
Jul 2022

who dug a "secret tunnel" out of the cellar of the house he rented in Tampa.

I bet his landlord was very pleased about that.

MyOwnPeace

(16,928 posts)
5. Do with him just like they should do with Bannon.......
Tue Jul 12, 2022, 06:24 PM
Jul 2022

Tell them to "F-OFF!!!!!"

They HAD their chance to come in and talk, but they were 'struttin' their shit' and didn't need no stinkin' meeting with 'the enemy.'

Funny, things have changed, haven't they? Court appearances now looming, 'committee reports' looking ugly, and IQ45 still not sending checks to cover 'fees' - it might be time to 'have a talk' with the 'Committee.'

Well, again I say - "F-OFF!"

Here's what the DOJ has to say about Bannon 'suddenly' being willing to testify (only if on LIVE TV):

The evidence’s lack of probative value and, instead, propensity to result in confusion and a waste of time on collateral issues in violation of Federal Rule of Evidence 403, is clear when considering the circumstances of the Defendant’s sudden efforts to cooperate. First, the Defendant apparently has not told the Committee he wishes to provide documents responsive to the subpoena, Instead, his continued failure to comply with the subpoena’s document demand while claiming he now will testify suggests his actions are little more than an attempt to change the optics of his contempt on the eve of trial, not an actual effort at compliance. Second, the Defendant’s timing suggests that the only thing that has really changed since he refused to comply with the subpoena in October 2021 is that he is finally about to face the consequences of his decision to default.

CLIFF NOTES: (and the statement applies to BOTH 'gentlemen'):
You had your chance - and yet you still have not provided EVERYTHING that you were supposed to. You are now trying to COVER YOUR ASS and get out of a jail term for failing to honor a subpoena. F-OFF!!!!!

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