Long before he built one of the far-right largest anti-government militia groups in U.S. history, whose members would eventually storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Stewart Rhodes was a promising Yale Law School graduate.
Photos: Oath Keepers founder's path to Jan. 6 Capitol riot
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the citizen militia group known as the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington on June 25, 2017. Rhodes formally launched the Oath Keepers in Lexington, Massachusetts, on April 19, 2009, where the first shot in the American Revolution was fired.
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This image provided by Tasha Adams shows Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes wearing camouflage gear in a training camp in Idaho. (Tasha Adams via AP)
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This image provided by Tasha Adams shows Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes speaking at a parade in Kalispell, Mont., on July 4, 2013. (Tasha Adams via AP)
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This image provided by Tasha Adams shows Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes with Oath Keepers members in California in 2014. (Tasha Adams via AP)
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A video showing Stewart Rhodes speaking during an interview with the Jan. 6 Committee is shown at the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, hearing June 9, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
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Jason Van Tatenhove, a former spokesman for the Oath Keepers, testifies as the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol holds a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, July 12, 2022. A membership fee was a requirement to access the website, where people could join discussion forums, read Stewart Rhodes' writing and hear pitches to join militaristic trainings. Members willing to go armed to a standoff numbered in the low dozens, though, said Jason Van Tatenhove. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
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Stewart Rhodes, founder of the citizen militia group known as the Oath Keepers, center, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, on June 25, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
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This image provided by Tasha Adams shows an Oath Keepers sign in the yard of a home outside Eureka, Mont., in 2013. (Tasha Adams via AP)
