Stewart Rhodes had a meeting with a government witness.
Rhodes warned Trump's children would die in prison, according to Alpers.
Alpers denied that he was working for law enforcement.
After the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, the founder of Oath Keepers drafted a message to Donald Trump that warned of dire consequences if he did not take more drastic action to overturn the 2020 election.
All that power will be turned on you, your family, and all of us if you don't. Rhodes said that you and your family would be killed. They will die in prison.
Rhodes urged Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act but it wasn't delivered. The Oath Keepers group, led by Rhodes, were charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the January 6 attack.
The message was introduced by prosecutors as they questioned the owner of a software development firm who met with Rhodes. Alpers testified that he used a "thumb drive-type recording device" to record the meeting.
Alpers said he wasn't working on behalf of a law enforcement agency when he recorded it. Alpers said he communicated with the FBI after the January 6 attack and after he met with Rhodes.
Rhodes called for civil war in the immediate aftermath of the Capitol attack in a recording played in court.
I'm not living on my knees, I'm going to fight. In the recording, Rhodes said that there were millions of other people who felt the same way.
The lack of more lethal weaponry was his only regret.
Rhodes said in the recording that they could have fixed it immediately.
Rhodes, Kenneth Harrelson, Jessica Watkins, and Thomas Caldwell were among the Oath Keepers who witnessed the testimony in the courtroom. The Oath Keepers were accused of having weapons at a hotel outside of Washington, DC, which prosecutors said could be used to attack the capital.
In early 2021, Alpers said he could send a message to the then-president directly. During his meeting with Rhodes, Alpers said he had the Oath Keepers founder type a message on his phone so that he could clearly state his intentions.
Alpers said it was his thoughts that were clear.
Rhodes wanted Trump to do as Lincoln did.
The SCOTUS Chief Justice was arrested and issued a warrant. Like Washington would do. According to evidence presented by prosecutors, Rhodes wrote that "go down in history as the Savior of the Republic, not a man who surrendered it."
All my men are here for you, too. If you need us, we will be there. Police and military. Your millions of supporters will also.
I didn't agree with the message, so I didn't pass it on to Trump.
The case against Rhodes and the four other Oath Keepers will be finished on Wednesday. The lawyer for Rhodes told the jury that the founder of Oath Keepers was going to testify.
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