US EditionThe ‘Sacred’ Pledge That Will Power The Relaunch Of Far-Right Militia Oath Keepers
Stewart Rhodes aims to rebuild the Oath Keepers around a legal interpretation of the military oath, focusing on veterans and law enforcement who reject alleged unlawful orders.
- Last year, Stewart Rhodes announced he will relaunch the Oath Keepers after the group disbanded following his imprisonment in 2023.
- Stewart Rhodes centers the relaunch on the U.S. military Oath of Enlistment and a legal theory he developed after Hurricane Katrina that justifies refusing what he calls `unlawful orders`.
- The group once claimed over 40,000 dues-paying members at its peak during Barack Obama, former U.S. president, and a 2022 Distributed Denial of Secrets leak exposed more than 38,000 names, with the Anti-Defamation League estimating nearly 400 active officers and over 100 in the military.
- Relaunch plans aim to build distributed leadership and resilient, redundant IT, with Stewart Rhodes placing leaders nationwide and adopting a cell-style organization to ensure cancel-proof longevity.
- Amid January 2025 clemency for over 1,500 defendants, the Oath Keepers' relaunch aims to avoid gang classification and hinder prosecutors' monitoring efforts, according to legal sources.
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The ‘Sacred’ Pledge That Will Power The Relaunch Of Far-Right Militia Oath Keepers
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia, announced in November 2025 that he will relaunch the group after it disbanded following his prison sentence in 2023. The post The ‘Sacred’ Pledge That Will Power The Relaunch Of Far-Right Militia Oath Keepers appeared first on Study Finds.
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By Alexander Lowie, Postdoctoral associate in Classical and Civic Education, University of Florida Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia, announced in November 2025 that he will relaunch the group after it disbanded following his prison sentence in 2023.Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes committed during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.In January 2025, Preside…
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The ‘sacred’ pledge that will power the relaunch of far-right militia Oath Keepers
Enrique Tarrio, left, former leader of the far-right group the Proud Boys, shakes hands with Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes in Washington on Feb. 21, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty ImagesStewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia, announced in November 2025 that he will relaunch the group after it disbanded following his prison sentence in 2023. Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and …
The ‘Sacred’ Pledge That Will Power the Return of Far-Right Militia Oath Keepers
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia, announced in November 2025 that he will relaunch the group after it disbanded following his prison sentence in 2023. Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison for seditious conspiracy and other crimes committed during the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. In January 2025, President Donald Trump granted clemency to the over 1,500 defendants convicted of crimes connected to th…
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