Oath Keepers trial: 'Armed rebellion' plan, prosecutor says

WASHINGTON (AP) ” The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group and four associates planned an œarmed rebellion to keep President Donald Trump in power, a federal prosecutor contended Monday as the most serious case yet went to trial in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Stewart Rhodes and his band of extremists were prepared to go to war to stop Joe Biden from becoming president, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Nestler told jurors. The group celebrated the Capitol attack as a battle they had won and continued their plot even after Biden's electoral victory was certified, Nestler alleged. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]