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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"One if By Land, Two if By Sea:" What We Know of the Oath Keepers' January 6 Quick Reaction Force
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"One if By Land, Two if By Sea:" What We Know of the Oath Keepers' January 6 Quick Reaction Force
https://emptywheel.net/2021/07/04/one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea-what-we-know-of-the-oath-keepers-quick-reaction-force/
The govt has presented evidence suggesting at least 6 Oath Keepers already charged dropped weapons off at the Ballston Comfort Inn.
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"One if By Land, Two if By Sea:" What We Know of the Oath Keeper's January 6 Quick Reaction Force |...
Early in the Oath Keeper investigation, the claim to have an armed Quick Reaction Force to descend on DC if things went haywire seemed like the product of Thomas Caldwell's boasts. But since then,...
emptywheel.net
6:53 AM · Jul 4, 2021
emptywheel
@emptywheel
"One if By Land, Two if By Sea:" What We Know of the Oath Keepers' January 6 Quick Reaction Force
https://emptywheel.net/2021/07/04/one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea-what-we-know-of-the-oath-keepers-quick-reaction-force/
The govt has presented evidence suggesting at least 6 Oath Keepers already charged dropped weapons off at the Ballston Comfort Inn.
[fixed typo]
"One if By Land, Two if By Sea:" What We Know of the Oath Keeper's January 6 Quick Reaction Force |...
Early in the Oath Keeper investigation, the claim to have an armed Quick Reaction Force to descend on DC if things went haywire seemed like the product of Thomas Caldwell's boasts. But since then,...
emptywheel.net
6:53 AM · Jul 4, 2021
https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/07/04/one-if-by-land-two-if-by-sea-what-we-know-of-the-oath-keepers-quick-reaction-force/
On Twitter yesterday, some folks asked me whether theres any credibility to the governments claims that the Oath Keepers had an armed Quick Reaction Force ready to rush to DC in case things devolved to armed battles on January 6.
At first, it appeared that the government might just be unduly crediting the wild boasts of Thomas Caldwell, who spoke repeatedly of arranging such a force in the days leading up to January 6. But over the course of a series of filings, the government has shown that after a sustained discussion about whether Oath Keepers should come armed to DC for the insurrection, it was decided to instead amass guns in (at a minimum) the Ballston, VA Comfort Inn. The evidence thus far submitted shows that multiple participants knew of the stash, called it the QRF, and deposited their own weapons at the stash. The record is less certain about what plans the Oath Keepers had to transport that arsenal to DC, but in a remarkable comment on January 3, Kelly Meggs who appears to have played a key role in organizing security for Roger Stone, inter-militia negotiations, and The Stack that pushed into the Rotunda on January 6, and who may have paid for two rooms to use for the QRF suggested two rally points to receive the weapons: 1 if by land North side of Lincoln Memorial 2 if by sea Corner of west basin and Ohio is a water transport landing !!
This post will pull together the evidence shown to date.
On December 25, according to the Fourth Superseding indictment and other filings, Kelly Meggs noted on Facebook what a lot of other militia members were at the time: guns are prohibited in DC. We are all staying in DC near the Capitol we are at the Hilton garden inn but I think its full. Dc is no guns. So mace and gas masks, some batons. If you have armor thats good.
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"One if By Land, Two if By Sea:" What We Know of the Oath Keepers' January 6 Quick Reaction Force (Original Post)
Nevilledog
Jul 2021
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markie
(22,755 posts)1. excellent coverage by
"On The Media" this morning on NPR...
https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm/segments
crickets
(25,896 posts)2. Sounds like the 'tourists' had a plan, eh? K&R