Most were proud to be identified as oath keepers, and did not feel they had anything to apologize or account for in terms of being a group that was involved in attacking the capital. Most would answer with misinformation about what actually happened on january sixth, or, you know, excuses, or minimizing. A very few, a just one or two, ae actually condemned the oath keepers. And obviously there are people in our federal government who believe, or at least purport to believe, that the election was stolen from the former president.
Extremists in the right-wing militant organization known as the Oath Keepers are present in law enforcement and in the military. Now, thanks to reporting from ProPublica’s Isaac Arnsdorf, we know they’re in the government, too.
Today’s show was produced by Victoria Chamberlin, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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