6 more Oath Keepers charged in Capitol riot

The Justice Department lodged charges Friday against six more suspected members of the Oath Keepers, adding new defendants to a case that had already accused others in the right-wing militia group of an organized plot to attack the Capitol on Jan. 6 and stop the final certification of the presidential election.

The new indictment against what is now a total of nine Oath Keepers represents the most significant effort by the government so far to prove that far-right extremists worked together to help former President Donald Trump keep hold of power.

According to prosecutors, the Oath Keepers began conspiring to overturn the election not long after votes were cast in November.