Fox News spins a report about arrest of Oath Keepers leader and 10 others for January 6 riot into an attack on antifa
Stewart Rhodes and 10 other Oath Keepers have been charged with seditious conspiracy for their alleged role in the Capitol attack
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From the January 14, 2022, edition of Fox News' America's Newsroom
DAVID SPUNT (FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT): According to the indictment, during the melee, one of the Oath Keepers said in a group chat that antifa, the far left-leaning group, had breached the Capitol. Stewart Rhodes replied, quote, “Nope, I'm right here. These are patriots." Multiple law enforcement sources, Bill, have said over the past year there's no nexus for antifa to place that group on the January 6 attack. However, there have been investigations with antifa during the summer 2020 chaos after the murder of George Floyd. You remember courthouses under attack, people were stomped, people were trampled, businesses absolutely destroyed. Just this week on Capitol Hill, Republicans pressed DOJ and FBI officials about what's being done.
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SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM (R-SC): I encourage you to have the full force and weight of law against those who defiled the Capitol. But these protests went on for a year. As you can see this photo behind me, they were literally throwing Molotov cocktails trying to kill police officers.
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SPUNT: According to the FBI, more than 800 cases have been opened into 2020. More than 250 people have been arrested on federal charges.