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From Yale to jail: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes’ path

FILE - Stewart Rhodes, the founder of Oath Keepers, speaks during a gun rights rally at the Connecticut State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., April 20, 2013. (Jared Ramsdell/Journal Inquirer via AP)

FILE - Jason Van Tatenhove, a former spokesman for the Oath Keepers, testifies as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, July 12, 2022. A membership fee was a requirement to access the website, where people could join discussion forums, read Stewart Rhodes' writing and hear pitches to join militaristic trainings. Members willing to go armed to a standoff numbered in the low dozens, though, said Jason Van Tatenhove. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

This image provided by Tasha Adams shows an Oath Keepers sign in the yard of a home outside Eureka, Mont., in 2013. The trial of Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to begin next week. (Tasha Adams via AP)

This image provided by Tasha Adams shows Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes speaking at a parade in Kalispell, Mont., on July 4, 2013. The trial of Rhodes and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to begin next week. (Tasha Adams via AP)

FILE - A video showing Stewart Rhodes speaking during an interview with the Jan. 6 Committee is shown at the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, hearing June 9, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The trial of Rhodes and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to begin next week. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

This image provided by Tasha Adams shows Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes with Oath Keepers members in California in 2014. The trial of Rhodes and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to begin next week. (Tasha Adams via AP)

FILE - Stewart Rhodes, founder of the citizen militia group known as the Oath Keepers, center, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, on June 25, 2017. The trial of Rhodes and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to begin next week. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

This image provided by Tasha Adams shows Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes wearing camouflage gear in a training camp in Idaho. The trial of Rhodes and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to begin next week. (Tasha Adams via AP)

This image provided by Tasha Adams shows Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who worked intermittently as an artist and sculptor, working on one of his sculptures in 1993. The trial of Rhodes and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to begin next week. (Tasha Adams via AP)

From Yale to jail: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes’ path