The Oath Keepers were accused by the Justice Department of being involved in the Capitol attack.
Stewart Rhodes had a "death list" with the name of a Georgia election official, and another co-conspirator came to Washington with explosives.
The leader of the Oath Keepers has been charged with seditious conspiracy. The nine have all denied the charges.
The evidence prosecutors plan to introduce against the Oath Keepers during their trial in September was seen by Insider.
The group extensively prepared for violence and plotted to stop Joe Biden from assuming the presidency, according to prosecutors.
A document with the words "Death List" written across the top was found during a search of Thomas Caldwell's Virginia home weeks after the riot.
The name of a Georgia election official and a purported family member of the official were included in a list of people who had been accused of voter fraud.
The DOJ's claim that I intended to assassinate election workers is an absolute, 100% disgusting lie.
The Oath Keepers were accused of setting up a quick reaction force outside of Washington, DC, which included firearms stashed at a Virginia hotel.
At least one alleged Oath Keeper, Jeremy Brown, was accused of transporting explosives to the Washington DC area on the day of the Capitol attack.
The same vehicle that Brown used to travel to Washington DC on the day of the riot was also seized by the government.
Brown is not one of the nine Oath Keepers charged in the seditious conspiracy indictment for their role in the riots.
The co-conspirators, including Stewart Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, and Jessica Watkins, discussed and prepared for a violent conflict with government actors between January 6 and January 20.
After a search weeks after the riot, prosecutors say they found two bomb-making recipes in the home of suspected Oath Keeper Jessica Watkins.
According to the indictment, Watkins recruited several people to attend a military-style basic training class.
The lawyer for Rhodes told CNN that his client didn't participate in the violence at the Capitol.
Under the conditions that his testimony is broadcast live, Rhodes will waive his 5th Amendment rights.
Current and former members of the military and law enforcement are recruited by the Oath Keepers, a militia-styled group that sees the US government as illegitimate.
The group's more mainstream members fled the group in droves after January 6.
The Oath Keepers had almost 90 chapters at the end of 2020. The number of chapters has fallen since the insurrection.
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