The Oath Keepers prosecution revealed that Rhode

The Oath Keepers prosecution revealed that Rhodes was determined to continue the fight after law enforcement flushed the rioters out of the Capitol on Jan. 6. After regrouping members of the Oath Keepers who went inside the Capitol, Rhodes and his cohorts walked to the nearby Phoenix Hotel.

Gathered with other members in a private suite at the hotel, Rhodes reportedly put in a call over speaker phone to one of his contacts as other members listened. North Carolina Oath Keeper William Todd Wilson heard “Rhodes repeatedly implore the individual to tell President Trump to call upon groups like the Oath Keepers to forcibly oppose the transfer of power,” according to a government court filing.

“This individual denied Rhodes’s request to speak directly with President Trump,” the filing continues.

Wilson pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding before trial. The identity of the Oath Keepers’ liaison to Trump has never come to light. The liaison’s identity and the circumstances surrounding their refusal to put Rhodes in touch with the former president could shed light on whether Trump used surrogates to communicate with militant groups about coordinating an attack on the Capitol to thwart the transfer of power.