These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. They also have attended rallies and speeches where speakers claimed election fraud. But members were often seen at the Arizona State Capitol during various protests. The Proud Boys do not have any advertised meetings where politicians are invited. Rogers and Townsend are running against each other for a state Senate seat. Kelly Townsend posted on Twitter that she was an Oath Keeper but later seemed to hedge that it didn’t mean she belonged to a group, but that she just kept her oath of office. Wendy Rogers also has claimed membership to the Oath Keepers. 6, 2021, for a rally he planned alongside Ali Alexander, an activist who spearheaded the Stop the Steal movement. “I’m an Oath Keeper committed to the exercise of limited, constitutional governance,” he wrote in response to a candidate questionnaire sent out by the community news website .įinchem planned an unofficial legislative meeting at a downtown Phoenix hotel that featured Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani and presented hours of purported evidence of election fraud.įinchem was in D.C. Mark Finchem has called himself an Oath Keeper on social media, has spoken to Oath Keeper chapters and called himself a member when he first ran for the House in 2014. The other orange-clad Proud Boys from Arizona have not yet been identified, nor arrested.ĭemocracy in doubt: The origins of the Arizona election review Arizona lawmakers who support Oath KeepersĪt least three Arizona lawmakers have shown support for Oath Keepers, including at least one who has also drawn attention from the Jan. Jackson said he was not a member but simply marched with fellow Arizonans who were kind enough to gift him an orange armband.
One man, Micajah Joel Jackson, was sentenced to 36 months probation after he was seen marching with the orange-clad Proud Boys. A Capitol police officer testified during the first public hearing on June 9 that the situation grew more dire when the Arizona contingent of Proud Boys joined the crowd at the barricades, with verbal attacks starting to be aimed at officers. 6 committee hearing.Ī group of Proud Boys from Arizona, clad in orange caps and armbands, were among the first wave of rioters to breach the barricades outside the U.S. Video of the apparent first meeting between the two men was played during the initial prime time Jan. The head of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, was ordered out of the city after an arrest. More: How an Arizona man was charged with seditious conspiracyĪ documentary filmmaker captured footage of the leaders of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys meeting in a parking garage on Jan. Vallejo used the term QRF himself in a text message sent on Jan. 6 that described several “QRFs outside DC.” Who would be “watching and waiting on the outside in case of worst case scenarios.” Rhodes sent a group message on the morning of Jan. Prosecutors contend that Vallejo was part of a so-called “quick reactionary force” and was poised to deliver weapons to Oath Keepers if need be. Vallejo said he thought he would be cooking for forces who might camp out and picket up until the inauguration day a few weeks later.
Vallejo split with the group in 2014 but somehow decided to join Oath Keepers in D.C., traveling in a vehicle loaded with food and kitchen equipment. Vallejo was charged with seditious conspiracy in January, in an indictment that included 10 other Oath Keepers members, including the group’s leader, Stewart Rhodes. “We have a number of witnesses who have come forward that people have not talked to before, that will document a lot of what was going on in the Trump orbit while all of this was occurring,” Thompson said.Īriz. man charged with seditious conspiracy Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the chairman of the committee, suggested evidence exists of people in Trump’s inner circle speaking with members of the militia groups. Capitol was expected to look at the role of militia-style groups such as the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys and Three Percenters in the riot. The scheduled 10 a.m. Tuesday hearing of the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. If President Donald Trump would declare martial law, the prosecutors’ theory went, they would be ready. Prosecutors contended that Vallejo and the other Oath Keepers were amassing an arsenal and supplies that could last 30 days. “Vallejo back at hotel and outfitted,” the man, Edward Vallejo, messaged to other Oath Keepers at 2:24 p.m. 6, 2021, one that eventually would use a standard military formation to break through the crowd and breach the building, a 63-year-old man from Phoenix was in a Virginia hotel packed with weapons awaiting his orders. As a group of Oath Keepers joined the riot at the U.S.
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