Among the Oath Keepers who are due in court on Friday to face charges of seditious conspiracy for the Jan. 6 riot are two Central Florida men.


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Kenneth Harrelson of Titusville and Kelly Meggs of Dunnellon, who were already arrested on charges related to the riot, were among 11 Oath Keepers included in the newly unsealed 48-page indictment.

Jonathon Moseley, attorney for Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and Meggs said, "Those are very serious charges, but we do believe they have to prove it. And I know from the documents that they have, they knew last May and March that they came to be support services for the demonstration."

Rhodes, the founder and leader of the right-wing Oath Keepers militia, has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, according to court documents released Thursday.

This marks the first time defendants related to the deadly Jan. 6 insurrection have been charged with seditious conspiracy. Rhodes and Edward Vallejo of Phoenix, Arizona, were arrested Thursday; the remaining defendants were already facing charges related to the Capitol attack.

The indictment accuses Rhodes and the other members of the extremist group with conspiring "to oppose the lawful transfer of presidential power by force, by preventing, hindering, or delaying by force execution of laws governing the transfer of power."

Authorities said members of the extremist group came to Washington with the intent of stopping the certification of President Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.