Closer and closer

John Zimmerman, who appeared before a jury at the seditious conspiracy trial of five Oath Keeper members including the organization’s founder Stewart Rhodes, said that he witnessed a phone call between the group’s leader and someone he thought belonged to the Secret Service in September 2020. Zimmerman also said that Rhodes told him he had been in contact with the agency.

  The Hill

That would explain why agents wiped their phones.

Another Oath Keepers member has testified that Rhodes attempted to make contact with Trump following the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. The organization founder spoke with someone over the phone at that time, although it is unclear who was on the other end.

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Oath Keepers lawyer Kellye SoRelle was in contact with former White House aide Andrew Giuliani the same month that Trump lost reelection.

Zimmerman said that he and others broke with the Oath Keepers organization because of controversial tactics Rhodes tried to use during a trip in November.

“He thought that we should dress up as elderly or be like a single parent pushing a baby carriage with some weapons in the baby carriage,” Zimmerman said of Rhodes’ alleged plan to lure members of ANTIFA or Black Lives Matter to attack the Oath Keepers, according to NBC.

Rhodes allegedly wanted the progressive organizations to attack his own group to create a reason for Trump to invoke the Insurrection Act, which would have authorized the then-president to deploy military forces to suppress violence.

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“We are aware that individuals from the Oath Keepers have contacted us in the past to make inquiries,” the Secret Service told NBC.

“It is not uncommon for various organizations to contact us concerning security restrictions and activities that are permissible in proximity to our protected sites.”

Sure.

And...what about that contact with Andrew Giuliani? What was that?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.