Terry Cummings, a member of the far-right Oath Keepers militia group, told a jury on Wednesday that members had put together a large weapons cache in a Virginia hotel room the night before rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
and codefendants Kelly Meggs, Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins, and Thomas Caldwell. Each is on trial for multiple felony counts, the most serious being seditious conspiracy, and all have pleaded not guilty.
The Justice Department alleges the Oath Keepers amassed the stockpile to aid them in an armed rebellion against the government, targeting the peaceful transfer of power from then-President Donald Trump to President-elect Joe Biden. Their plan, prosecutors say, was to store the weapons in Virginia and transfer them across state lines into D.C. using a"Quick Reaction Force," or QRF.
During cross examination, Cummings reiterated his reasoning for being around the Capitol on Jan. 6 was to serve as security detail for a person he understood to be a state representative. Using video evidence played for the jury, Harris said that Meggs and four others, including Meggs' wife, Connie – who faces Jan. 6 charges of her own and pleaded not guilty – participated in several combat training exercises at the end of 2020.
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Oath Keeper describes group’s large weapons cache ahead of Jan. 6A member of the Oath Keepers who went to D.C. ahead of Jan. 6 with the group described a massive stockpile of firearms and other weapons they had stashed in a nearby hotel. “I had not seen that many weapons in one location since I was in the military.”
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Ex-Oath Keeper says 'many weapons' were stored outside capital during Jan. 6 attack'I had not seen that many weapons in one location since I was in the military,' said Terry Cummings, a former member of the group's Florida chapter who was subpoenaed to testify and has not been charged or accused of wrongdoing in connection with Jan. 6.
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Oath Keepers jury hears about massive weapon cache on Jan. 6A member of the Oath Keepers who traveled to Washington before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol testified Wednesday about a massive cache of weapons the far-right extremist group stashed in a Virginia hotel room
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Oath Keepers jury hears about massive weapon cache on Jan. 6Authorities have alleged the teams and the stockpile of arms were designed to get weapons into Oath Keepers’ hands quickly if they were needed to support a plot to stop the transfer of power …
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Oath Keepers jury hears about massive weapon cache on Jan. 6A member of the Oath Keepers who traveled to Washington before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol testified Wednesday about a massive cache of weapons the far-right extremist group stashed in a Virginia hotel room. Taking the stand in the seditious conspiracy case against Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four associates, Terry Cummings showed jurors an AR-15 firearm and an orange box for ammunition that he contributed to the so-called quick reaction force the Oath Keepers had staged at the hotel outside of Washington in case they needed weapons.
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Oath Keepers jury hears about massive weapon cache before Jan. 6 US Capitol attackA member of the Oath Keepers who traveled to Washington before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol testified Wednesday about a massive cache of weapons the far-right extremist group stashed in a Virginia hotel room.
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