‘Fighting fit’: Trial beginning for Meggs, Oath Keepers

Former Honda of Lake City GM among five in court for Jan. 6 role.

  • Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, center, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, June 25, 2017. The trial of the founder of the Oath Keepers and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to begin next week. (SUSAN WALSH/AP File)
    Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, center, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington, June 25, 2017. The trial of the founder of the Oath Keepers and four associates charged with seditious conspiracy in the attack on the U.S. Capitol is set to begin next week. (SUSAN WALSH/AP File)

    The voting was over and almost all ballots were counted. News outlets on Nov. 7, 2020, had called the presidential race for Democrat Joe Biden. But the leader of the Oath Keepers extremist group was j…