‘They’re a Violent Militia’: Ex-Oath Keepers Spokesman Disavows ‘Racist’ and ‘Dangerous’ Group Before the Jan. 6 Committee – By Adam Klasfeld (Law & Crime) / July 12, 2022
The former national spokesman for the Oath Keepers who acted as a close aide to its leader Stewart Rhodes appeared before the Jan. 6 Committee on Tuesday for the second half of its hearing untangling Donald Trump‘s ties to extremist groups.
“They may not like to call themselves a militia, but they are,” Jason Van Tatenhove testified on Tuesday, calling them a “violent” and “dangerous” group largely centered around Rhodes’s “ego and drive.”
As the group “drifted further and further right into the alt-right,” the witness saw signs of the Oath Keepers devolving into “white nationalists and even straight up racist” ideology.
“It came to a point where I could no longer work or them,” Van Tatenhove said.
