Sedition Trial Day Nine: 'Sexts' were just one part of another tough day in court for Oath Keepers
On Monday, jurors were offered a window—whether they wanted it or not— into a few intimate moments shared by Oath Keeper founder Stewart Rhodes and Kellye SoRelle, the extremist network’s onetime counsel now facing multiple charges, including obstruction.
Rhodes and SoRelle drove more than 1,000 miles together from Texas to Washington, D.C. ahead of Jan. 6 and in a series of messages entered into evidence Monday, once they landed at the Hilton Garden Inn in Vienna, Virginia, Rhodes had more on his mind than allegedly stopping Congress from certifying the results of the 2020 election by force.
“Speaking of fucking… if you need some come on over,” Rhodes wrote to SoRelle on Jan. 3, 2021.
When SoRelle initially declined the offer, Rhodes told her he would drag her into his hotel room.
“That’s how I know you’re trouble. You’re too good at what you do,” she said. “Whole bad boy thing.”
She then confessed: “I am a damn moth to a [fire emoji]. I really am replaying my teenage years.”
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