Oath Keepers and Proud Boys were in touch before US Capitol attack, texts reveal
by Hugo Lowell in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#5YB0Z)
The messages could strengthen a theory being explored by the House committee that January 6 included a coordinated assault
Top leaders in the Oath Keepers militia group indicted on seditious conspiracy charges over the Capitol attack had contacts with the Proud Boys and a figure in the Stop the Steal movement and may also have been in touch with the Republican congressman Ronny Jackson, newly released text messages show.
The texts - which indicate the apparent ease with which Oath Keepers messaged Proud Boys - could strengthen a theory being explored by the House January 6 committee and the US justice department: that the Capitol attack included a coordinated assault.
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