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This Wednesday William Todd Wilson, former member of Oath Keepers, testified in court that the founder of the so-called far-right and anti-government paramilitary group Stewart Rhodes tried to speak directly to Donald Trump the night of the riots at the Capitol
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Furthermore, Stewart Rhodes implored an intermediary to tell the then president of the nation that will use groups of malice to stop the transfer of power.
He added that he met with Stewart Rhodes in a suite at the Phoenix Park Hotel, which was located near the Capitol, shortly after the attack and heard how Stewart Rhodes was contacting an anonymous intermediary of Donald Trump.
“(I heard him) repeatedly implore the individual to (tell) President Trump p to call on groups like Oath Keepers to forcibly oppose a transfer of power,” he said. Wilson while recalling that the Secret Service agent “denied Rhodes’ request to speak directly with President Trump.”
The call, according to Wilson, it took place after 17: 00 hours, date and day that according to the former Keepers member “he will remember forever”.
William Todd Wilson pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding in connection with the riots of January.
Wilson’s statements come after it was revealed that Stewart Rhodes was recorded on audio days after the January 6 riots at the Capitol lamenting that the rioters did not carry more weapons that day.
“My only regret is that they should have brought rifles”, Rhodes is heard saying in a statement recorded on 10 January and played by the government during opening statements in the conspiracy trial of Rhodes and his co-defendants Thomas Caldwell, Kenneth Harrelson, Kelly Meggs, and Jessica Watkins.
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