Recently leaked documents prove that at least 300 members of the Oath Keepers are former employees of the DHS at one agency or another. It is not clear how many are legitimate, members and how many are government plants. A leaked list of Oath Keepers members was published on Tuesday on the Project on Government Oversight (POGO) website. It is unclear how Pogo got this document. The DHS employees include those who work for the Border Patrol, Coast Guard, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Secret Service.
Although it is unclear how many are government plants, It is likely to be a very significant number. Despite attacks from the Democrats, the Oath keepers are not a criminal organization. Legitimate members just want to continue their oath to protect this country and our constitution.
The Insider reported:
Launched in 2009, the Oath Keepers from the start tried to recruit from the military and law enforcement with an ostensible goal of upholding the US Constitution and having its members refuse unlawful orders, per the Southern Poverty Law Center, which labels it an “extremist” group. In practice, that has meant, as on January 6, rejecting the rule of law — court orders and democratic processes that thwart far-right policy goals — in favor of conspiracy theories and armed resistance.
More than a decade of recruitment has led the group to collect at least 306 members who have described themselves as “current or former employees of the Department of Homeland Security,” according to POGO, which reviewed the leaked membership documents from the group in partnership with the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project.
DHS agencies include US Customs and Immigration Services, the Transportation Security Administration, and the US Secret Service. Most of the self-described DHS employees asserted that they were retired, but at least one claimed to be an activity-duty Secret Service agent; another said they were a supervisor with Border Patrol, according to the documents reviewed by POGO.
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Revolver did an investigation in which they were able to spot government plants within the Oath keepers.
From Revolver:
“Both the Pennsylvania Ave and the Constitution Ave exits from the Trump speech intersect at the exact Peace Monument barricade [were] targeted in advance by the Ray Epps Breach Team.
If any of the eight other walkway entrances into the Capitol grounds had been toppled instead, tens of thousands of marchers would have been met by police and metal barricades, instead of an open gate.
Without police present or “do not enter” signs prominently visible, people leaving Trump’s speech and arriving at the Capitol entrance would have no idea it was illegal to walk through the gate, or onto the lawn, or up to the Capitol steps. After all, this entire area is ordinarily open to the public.
Instead, they heard friendly music and saw the main walkway to the Capitol grounds wide open. These unwitting Trump supporters had no idea they had just crossed an invisible tripwire that would later subject them to federal prosecution for trespassing.”
We may soon learn the truth about January 6th.
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