“I was wondering what was required to become an oath keeper,” one Texas soldier reportedly wrote in an email to the violent extremist group.
Some of the membership records were made available to journalists this week by the group Distributed Denial of Secrets, a nonprofit that makes hacked data available to the press and to researchers.
Oath Keepers were among the supporters of former President Donald Trump who stormed the Capitol building in January, leaving several people dead. More than a dozen have beenBuzzFeed News’ analysis of email addresses found in the data indicated that as many as 500 people who sought Oath Keeper membership over the past decade may be currently or formerly “employed by the military, state or local police, sheriff’s departments, or federal law enforcement.
Norge Siste Nytt, Norge Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også lese nyheter som ligner på denne som vi har samlet inn fra andre nyhetskilder.
TikTok star Gabriel Salazar, 3 others killed in fiery crash after Texas police chaseTikTok star Gabriel Salazar, who had more than 2.2M followers on the social media platform, is dead following a fiery crash in Texas that killed 3 other people, authorities say.
Les mer »
Three valet workers killed in crash after driver doing donuts flees Texas police'We're out here because one person decided they didn't want to get a ticket or potentially go to jail for a misdemeanor,' a Houston official said.
Les mer »
Donald Trump ratchets up demands on Gov. Greg Abbott to review Texas election resultsFormer President Donald Trump is pressuring Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to allow a 'strong and real' review of the election results in a state Trump won in 2020.The move comes as Republican-led probe of last year's election advances in Wisconsin.
Les mer »
Texas officials reject claim election audit began months ago, not from Trump pressure'If they seriously thought that there were any issues, they would have asked for this the day after the election,' Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said.
Les mer »
Texas man who wanted to blow up Amazon data center sentenced to 10 yearsA Texas man who wanted to blow up an Amazon data center to disrupt the internet and upset 'the oligarchy' has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, federal prosecutors say.
Les mer »
Opinion | How Texas’ SB8 threatens to shred the Constitution.steve_vladeck: Before long, we won’t have one Constitution. We’ll have 50.
Les mer »