Feds not only charge but indict six additional Oath Keepers member
….by way of background, I would recommend that you reread this article, the main focus is on Defendant Thomas Caldwell and Watkins. I walked you through the original indictment, the transcript of Caldwell’s initial appearance, his disclosure of holding a Top Secret Clearance and other court filings. I also provided you a link to a folder, entitled Criminal Case as to Watkins, Crowl and Caldwell
Defendants Mr & Mrs Parker:
What is with the new phenomena of married couples deciding to engage in an insurrection together? It is the oddest way to spend quality time with your spouse. Bennie Parker and his wife Sandi Parker both charged and indicted together. Prosecutors
♦️Charge(s); Conspiracy; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds
Relevant Court Documents; Southern District of Ohio (SDOH) MJ Case No: 1:21-mj-00161 - defendants Sandra Ruth Parker and Bennie Alvin Parker -Criminal Complaint and Affidavit, via ECF/PACER or via DOJ/OPA or a highlighted/annotated copy can be found on my public drive
Arrested 2/15/21 in the Middle District of Florida
Charge(s): Conspiracy; Obstruction of an Official Proceeding and Aiding and Abetting; Destruction of Government Property and Aiding and Abetting; Entering and Remaining in a Restricted Building or Grounds; Tampering with Documents or Proceedings
SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT
CRIMINAL DOCKET FOR CASE (DDC) #: 1:21-cr-00028-APM
(newly unsealed in DDC, on 2/19/2021 at 6:43PM) the first SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT - notice the addition of six defendants?
The (original) January 27, 2021 Indictment ECF/PACER
SUMMARY of February 19, 2021 SR1
In the newly unsealed (SR1 was unsealed on 2/19/2022 shortly before 7PM) Superseding Indictment. Along with adding six new co-defendants. It is clear that the Oath Keepers generallyaccepts membership of anyone, but this usually requires a rigorous vetting process. Notwithstanding Oath Keepers explicitly focus on recruitment of both current and former military, law enforcement, and first-responder personnel. The organization's name is born from the “oath swom by members of the military and police” to defend and protect our Constitution "from all enemies, foreign and domestic." The Oath Keepers, while loosely organized are led by PERSON ONE. (aka Rhodes)
On January 4, 2021 - the Oath Keeper Leader sent the following message out to his members:
“lt is CRITICAL that all patriots who can be in DC get to DC to stand tall in support of President Trump's frght to defeat the enemies foreign and domestic who are attempting a coup, through the massive vote fraud and related attacks on our Republic. We Oath Keepers are both honor-bound and eager to be there in strength to do our part."
Then the Prosecution throws down the superseding indictment with authority. It is a sight to behold because by all conventional wisdom the superseding party is just getting started. Granted today the DOJ “invited” six new defendants to the party;
CALDWELL, CROWL, WATKINS, SANDRA PARKER, BENNIE PARKER, YOUNG, STEELE, KELLY MEGGS, and CONNIE MEGGS - “planned with each other, and with others known and unknown, to forcibly enter the Capitol on January 6, 2021, and to stop, delay, and hinder the Congressional proceeding occurring that day…”
Prosectors allege the purpose of the “conspiracy” was:
“to stop, delay, and hinder Congress's certification ofthe Electoral College vote”
Paragraphs 26 (a) thru (k) - stunning amount of new details. For example Prosecutors disclosed that the FBI obtained the actual Zello recordings and explicitly name the Zello Channel Used: "Stop the Steal J6,"
In other related non-news I had been quietly reading and archiving the insanity over on MyMilitia -never posted mainly just watching and dang - look what the admins did - because just as I was pulling the chats/threads/forums for Ohio State Regular Militia I got “excommunicated” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ from the insane yet super informational website. Darn so that’s a solid “pass” on Spring Break 2021 in Cleveland? Guess I better call my travel agent. On a side note some of the threads/post on MyMilitia are - disturbing archive of Jan 6th here other archives such as tools and militia networks found here
If you don’t know several of the Defendant (specifically Jessica) are tied to the Ohio State Regular Militia -here’s a local Ohio Newscast which aired an investigative segment a few weeks ago. The reality is states like Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and North Carolina have seen a noticeable uptick in Militia. But the problem is especially problematic in Ohio.
Oath Keepers literally awaiting directions from Trump
To be fair, one could argue that Trump wasn’t explicitly speaking to the Oath Keepers but one could also convincingly argue that Trump was directly communicating with Oath Keepers and Proud Boys. In the end Prosecutors disclosed that on December 22,2020 - Defendant KELLY MEGGS wrote a series of messages on Facebook;
a. "Trump said It's gonna be wild!!!!!!! It's gonna be wild!!!!!!! He wants us to make it WILD that's what he's saying. He called us all to the Capitol and wants us tomakeitwild!!! SirYesSir!!! Gentlemen we are heading to DC pack your shit!!"
b. “Nice, we will have at least 50-100 OK3 there."
One of the consistent threads that runs through the past complaints and indictment and then today’s superseding indictment is there was a lot of planning. More training than most of us previously knew. However in paragraph 43, and I caveat “if true” then Defendant Caldwell was in direct communication with Rhodes and that’s slightly unnerving
How many hotel rooms?
This is about simple and basic math, in the superseding indictment- prosecutors disclose that the Defendants “collectively” reserved multiple hotel rooms. With Caldwell, Watkins, and Parker reserving three rooms, this makes sense. As in the three defendants are married and the single room had occupancy for two adults. Where things get slightly interesting is Defendant Kelly Meggs. See paragraph 62? Prosecutors allege that Meggs booked two rooms at a “Hilton Gardens Inn in Washington DC” but Meggs also booked two rooms at the same hotel as the three other defendants (Comfort Inn - Ballston) and separately Young rented a hotel room in Springfield VA. Brining a grand total of nine total rooms rented in the DMV (DC, MD, VA) area leading up to the Insurrection.
Coordination, Planning - Training and Recruitment;
Bennie Parker allegedly communicated extensively with Watkins about potentially joining her militia and combining forces for the events of January 6. The closest KAO campground in the DMV is located in Millersville, MD some thirty miles away.
Although in the indictment prosecutors disclosed that Watkins had previously texted about West Virginia, the KAO Harpers Ferry, WV is roughly seventy plus miles from the US Capitol. But there’s a hitch in previous affidavit investigators disclosed that Watkins & Caldwell discuss using the Potomac River to “float” their supplies into DC for the insurrection. The blue highlighted line is the Potomac River. From a logistical standpoint- I would be curious to see if investigators zeroed in on Watkins, Caldwell and/or Parker’s internet search history for camp a grounds in the DC area. I’ll bet you a cheeseburger if they have then Harper’s Ferry, WV was an option
What are the new charges in the Superseding indictment?
From what I can tell, (see page 20 of),the first superseding indictment does add additional charges but only for two Defendants. For example; the SR1 - see Count five, which names Defendant Thomas Caldwell - charging him with violating 18 U.S.C. §1512(c)(1)-Tampering with Documents or Proceedings, §1512 has a maximum term of imprisonment of twenty years- prosecutors allege from January 6 thru January 19, 2021 Defendant Caldwell (this new fact) deleted photographs from his Facebook account that documented his participation in the deadly insurrection.
Additionally on January 8, 2021 co-defendant CROWL requested Caldwell send a video of also deleted an “un-sent” Facebook message. Caldwell then deleted the unsent message included a video on January 8, 2021 co-defendant Graydon Young. Lastly on January 8, 2021 prosecutors allege that Young deleted his entire Facebook account and was charged for destruction of evidence in the SR1, see page 20 - Count Six.
And for now you should be caught up on the (ongoing) Oath Keepers superseding indictment found via DOJ-OPA or highlighted/annotated found here and the public folder - as always if you have questions- please leave a comment below
I am pretty sure Kelly Meggs has been fired as the General Manager of Honda of Lake City, FL they scrubbed him from their website yesterday but a Google crawl still has him listed
I should also add that if you’re asking me which defendant will “flip” I’m going with CROWL and WATKINS. Based on their docket activity they are repressed by a Fed Pub Def - unlike Caldwell. Watkins appears to be the nexus and if she gets wind that Caldwell is leaving her out to dry - that is convincing motivation for her to “flip” and become a cooperating witness. To be clear there’s nothing in the public docket that supports my assertion- so that’s me making an educated guess. Either way I’d watch both Watkins & Crowl’s dockets because the request to delay a Detention & Preliminary hearing does raise the specter of who’s gonna flip on who... for example in the PEZZOLA case, last week prosecutors disclosed they “now” have a cooperating witness. (bolo for a follow up on PEZZOLA in the coming days)
Seems like a good ole’ roll em’ up conspiracy case. First indict the small fish on conspiracy (evidence in the indictments seems pretty air tight) then go after the big fish. It’s not like the Oath Keepers weren’t walking around protecting Roger Stone. And what’s this now about Watkins “...was given a VIP pass to the rally. She met with Secret Service agents.” https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/21/politics/oath-keepers-vip-security-capitol-riot/index.html
I should also add that if you’re asking me which defendant will “flip” I’m going with CROWL and WATKINS. Based on their docket activity they are repressed by a Fed Pub Def - unlike Caldwell. Watkins appears to be the nexus and if she gets wind that Caldwell is leaving her out to dry - that is convincing motivation for her to “flip” and become a cooperating witness. To be clear there’s nothing in the public docket that supports my assertion- so that’s me making an educated guess. Either way I’d watch both Watkins & Crowl’s dockets because the request to delay a Detention & Preliminary hearing does raise the specter of who’s gonna flip on who... for example in the PEZZOLA case, last week prosecutors disclosed they “now” have a cooperating witness. (bolo for a follow up on PEZZOLA in the coming days)
Seems like a good ole’ roll em’ up conspiracy case. First indict the small fish on conspiracy (evidence in the indictments seems pretty air tight) then go after the big fish. It’s not like the Oath Keepers weren’t walking around protecting Roger Stone. And what’s this now about Watkins “...was given a VIP pass to the rally. She met with Secret Service agents.” https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/21/politics/oath-keepers-vip-security-capitol-riot/index.html