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By | A member of the far-right Oath Keepers charged with rioting at the U.S. Capitol met with Secret Service agents before the siege and received a VIP pass to the rally where then-President Donald Trump spoke, according to a court filing.A defense attorney for Jessica Watkins said in Saturday’s filing that the Oath Keeper was in Washington, D.C. to “provide security” for the speakers at the Jan. 6 rally, where she stood within 50 feet of the stage.Watkins is one of nine people linked to the Oath Keepers charged with conspiring to block the certification of the election results in the most sweeping indictment prosecutors have issued so far in the investigation into the violence at the Capitol.The filing suggests Watkins had a more formal role than previously known at the rally, where hundreds of Trump supporters gathered before walking to the Capitol and forcing their way inside.In asking a judge to grant Watkins bail, the lawyer, public defender Michelle Peterson, said the government’s filings in the case are “filled with rhetorical flourishes design to inflame the passions of its readers without supporting evidence.”“Watkins was present not as an insurrectionist, but to provide security to the speakers at the rally,” according to the filing.The Secret Service didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on the nature of Watkins’ meeting with the agents.The filing also blamed Trump for contributing to the violence, a strategy lawyers for many of the accused rioters have pursued in court.Watkins “believed that the President of the United States was calling upon her and her small militia group to support the President and the Constitution,” the filing said. “She was ready to serve her Country in that manner.”We invite you to use our commenting platform to engage in insightful conversations about issues in our community. We reserve the right at all times to remove any information or materials that are unlawful, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent or otherwise objectionable to us, and to disclose any information necessary to satisfy the law, regulation, or government request. We might permanently block any user who abuses these conditions.Sign up for email newslettersFollow UsMost PopularClose

By | A member of the far-right Oath Keepers charged with rioting at the U.S. Capitol met with Secret Service agents before the siege and received a VIP pass to the rally where then-President Donald Trump spoke, according to a court filing.A defense attorney for Jessica Watkins said in Saturday’s filing that the Oath Keeper was in Washington, D.C. to “provide security” for the speakers at the Jan. 6 rally, where she stood within 50 feet of the stage.Watkins is one of nine people linked to the Oath Keepers charged with conspiring to block the certification of the election results in the most...

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