Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes warns Trump will ‘be found guilty’ over classified documents
David Zimmermann
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Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers militia group, recently warned former President Donald Trump about his classified documents trial, saying Trump will “be found guilty” if he goes.
The warning comes from Rhodes’s experience of being in the same position as Trump — the former was convicted of seditious conspiracy regarding his involvement in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Rhodes told the Washington Times that federal prosecutors will do “the same thing” to Trump.
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“You’re going to get railroaded. You’re going to be found guilty if you try to go to trial,” Rhodes said about Trump. “So everyone’s been demoralized and more likely to take a plea deal and agree to ‘test-a-lie’ against President Trump.”
Rhodes claimed the federal government is actively trying to turn Trump’s inner circle against him and attempting to intimidate possible witnesses from defending the former president in court.
The interview was conducted while Rhodes remained in federal prison.
“I didn’t enter the Capitol, but I was still found guilty by a D.C. jury of obstructing an official proceeding even though I didn’t even go inside,” Rhodes said. “And I was found guilty of seditious conspiracy, although they had zero evidence of an actual plan. They just used my speech. It will be the same thing with President Trump.”
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The Oath Keepers leader is currently facing an 18-year sentence in the Washington, D.C., Department of Corrections Central Detention Facility for reportedly directing members of his group to storm the Capitol over two years ago. Of all Jan. 6 defendants prosecuted, he faces the longest sentence.
Trump was charged on 37 criminal counts pertaining to his handling of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort in southern Florida. He currently does not have a set court date. However, federal prosecutors previously requested a tentative federal trial to occur in December, but that could possibly be postponed until spring 2024.