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Oath Keepers

About Oath Keepers is a far-right militia group established in 2009 by Stewart Rhodes, a graduate of Yale Law School and former aide to Republican congressman Ron Paul (who ran for president in 2008 and 2012). The group was founded as a backlash to the Obama presidency and usually recruits from current and former members … Read more

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Rhodes, Stewart

About Stewart Rhodes is the founder and leader of the far-right paramilitary group Oath Keepers. A former Army paratrooper, he first got into politics as a staffer for then-Congressman Ron Paul (R-Texas) charged with supervising interns.  A lawyer educated at Yale Law School, Rhodes previously practiced in Montana. He is also a former judicial clerk … Read more