FBI agent reveals 'Zombie Killer' axes suggested in Oath Keeper designs for Capitol riot

Jack Birle

Oct 06, 06:40 PM October 06, 06:41 PM

"Zombie Killer" tomahawks had been among the weapons suggested to bring to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, in accordance to an FBI agent testifying at the Oath Keepers trial Thursday.

FBI Distinctive Agent Michael Palian presented an email from Tom Caldwell to a individual with the title "Ranger Smith." The message outlined strategies for Jan. 6.

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Caldwell stated "every workforce member shall be outfitted with a hanging weapon” and that "when the battle is joined, utilize the hanging weapon where ever it will do the most very good, like to the head and deal with space."

Just one of the weapons detailed was the Zombie Killer tomahawk. Other advisable weapons involved knives and multitools, for every Reuters.

The proof was offered in the course of a demo of customers of the Oath Keepers team facing fees which include seditious conspiracy, a seldom used civil war0era charge that holds a most sentence of 20 decades in prison.

The associates of the Oath Keepers on demo incorporate Caldwell, Stewart Rhodes, Kenneth Harrelson, Kelly Meggs, and Jessica Watkins.

Oath Keepers lawyer exchanged texts with Andrew Giuliani about election fraud

Misty Severi

September 26, 08:36 PM September 26, 08:36 PM

An attorney for the much-appropriate Oath Keepers team exchanged text messages about election fraud with Andrew Giuliani, the son of previous New York Town Mayor Rudy Giuliani, in November 2020.

The common counsel for the Oath Keepers, Kellye SoRelle, who has been billed in the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol, reported she was in contact with Andrew Giuliani while he was a White House public liaison assistant in the Trump administration. The texts have been only linked to allegations of election fraud and not the attack on the Capitol two months afterwards, SoRelle reported.

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“None of that was like, ‘Hey, we need to go storm the Capitol,’” SoRelle instructed NBC Information. “It was like, ‘We have this affidavit,’ or whatever.”

Andrew Giuliani, who not long ago ran for the Republican nomination for New York governor, verified the interaction and stated his final contact with SoRelle was on Nov. 10, 2020, in accordance to his cell phone information.

“Until you outlined her, until finally I looked it up, it did not seriously ring a bell,” Andrew Giuliani instructed the outlet.

SoRelle also experimented with to send a text information to the White Residence in December, according to a new reserve by previous Rep. Denver Riggleman (R-VA), and journalist Hunter Walker. On the other hand, the message unsuccessful to be shipped due to the fact it was despatched to a White Dwelling switchboard line. For Riggleman, the relationship among Andrew Giuliani and a member of the Oath Keepers was not surprising.

“The cellphone facts my staff compiled can make distinct the militant part of the Capitol assault and significant-amount associates of the previous president have been inextricably joined collectively,” Riggleman explained. “It is so crucial for the American persons to be mindful of the direct one-way links in between the Trump White Property and militant groups like this newfound relationship among Kellye Sorelle and a former White Residence aide.”

SoRelle was photographed with Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes outside the house the Capitol in the course of the insurrection, together with quite a few other leaders of the considerably-suitable militia. She has been charged with four counts, together with conspiracy to impede an official proceeding, obstruction of justice, obstruction of an formal continuing, and one misdemeanor count of getting into and remaining in a restricted building or grounds, according to a 3-web site indictment. She has pleaded not responsible to all rates.

Rhodes is expected to stand demo in a seditious conspiracy situation with other customers of the organization this 7 days. It is anticipated to final six weeks. Various Oath Keepers have previously pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy.