Oath Keepers founder is charged along with ten others for organizing January 6 riot By Snejana Farberov For Dailymail.com Published: 18:48 GMT, 13 January 2022 | Updated: 18:55 GMT, 13 January 2022 5 Viewcomments The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group and 10 others have been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy for allegedly organizing the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the extremist group, was taken into custody by federal officials on Thursday, after a grand jury returned indictments against him and a core group of Oath Keeper members, accusing them of planning and carrying out the insurrection to stop the certification of President Joe Biden's election victory. Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, was arrested on Thursday on federal charges of seditious conspiracy related to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility