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Oath Keepers founder wanted to use ‘force and violence’ in Capitol attack, U.S. alleges
Oath Keepers founder wanted to use ‘force and violence’ in Capitol attack, U.S. alleges by: Jan Wolfe WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors said they have new evidence that members of the far-right Oath Keepers militia planned violence when Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, leaving five people dead, including text messages tying the group’s leader to the plot. FILE PHOTO: Police release tear gas into a crowd of pro-Trump protesters during clashes at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S. presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton The Justice Department in a filing…