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https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/oathkeepers-charged-capitol-riot/2021/02/19/ac41f692-72ce-11eb-b8a9-b9467510f0fe_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_politics
U.S. authorities have charged two more alleged members of the self-styled Oath Keepers militia in Ohio with participating in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, asserting that a married Cincinnati-area couple was recruited by previously indicted retired Army captain Jessica Watkins.
Sandra Parker, 60, and Bennie Parker, 70, operated as a group with the “Oath Keepers militia” that invaded the Capitol in one single-file, combat-dressed “stack,” FBI charging papers alleged.
The couple, of Morrow, Ohio, appeared in federal court Thursday on charges of conspiracy, trespassing, destroying government property and obstructing Congress’s confirmation of President Biden’s electoral vote victory, according court filings. They were granted conditional release pending trial by U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen L. Litkovitz.
FBI charging papers say that Bennie Parker was recruited by Watkins, the alleged founder of the Ohio State Regular Militia and leader of a unit of the Oath Keepers, an anti-government militia group that aims to recruit military, law enforcement and first responders and whose members have shown up armed at political protests in support of right-wing causes.
In audio recordings obtained by the FBI, Watkins allegedly said while in the Capitol that she was leading a group of 30 to 40 others who forced entry and overran police.
U.S. authorities have charged two more alleged members of the self-styled Oath Keepers militia in Ohio with participating in the Jan. 6 breach of the U.S. Capitol, asserting that a married Cincinnati-area couple was recruited by previously indicted retired Army captain Jessica Watkins.
Sandra Parker, 60, and Bennie Parker, 70, operated as a group with the “Oath Keepers militia” that invaded the Capitol in one single-file, combat-dressed “stack,” FBI charging papers alleged.
The couple, of Morrow, Ohio, appeared in federal court Thursday on charges of conspiracy, trespassing, destroying government property and obstructing Congress’s confirmation of President Biden’s electoral vote victory, according court filings. They were granted conditional release pending trial by U.S. Magistrate Judge Karen L. Litkovitz.
FBI charging papers say that Bennie Parker was recruited by Watkins, the alleged founder of the Ohio State Regular Militia and leader of a unit of the Oath Keepers, an anti-government militia group that aims to recruit military, law enforcement and first responders and whose members have shown up armed at political protests in support of right-wing causes.
In audio recordings obtained by the FBI, Watkins allegedly said while in the Capitol that she was leading a group of 30 to 40 others who forced entry and overran police.
