Oath Keepers membership rolls feature police, military and elected officials
by Associated Press from US news | The Guardian on (#63C2J)
Hundreds of public officials, including police chiefs, appear on far-right group's leaked lists of members, report finds
The names of hundreds of US law enforcement officers, elected officials and military members appear on the leaked membership rolls of a far-right extremist group that is accused of playing a key role in the January 6 2021, insurrection at the US Capitol, according to a report released on Wednesday.
The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism pored over more than 38,000 names on leaked Oath Keepers membership lists and identified more than 370 people it believes currently work in law enforcement agencies - including as police chiefs and sheriffs - and more than 100 people who are currently members of the military.
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