Yale Law Grad, Broadway Actor Deny Guilt in Jan. 6 Militia Cases

Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the Yale Law School graduate who founded the right-wing Oath Keepers militia group, pleaded not guilty to seditious conspiracy for his role in the assault on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of former President Donald Trump’s supporters.

Rhodes, who lives in Texas, entered the plea Tuesday during a virtual hearing before U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington. Half a dozen other Oath Keepers members also entered not-guilty pleas, signaling a drawn out fight over the most serious charges brought so far by the U.S. Justice Department over January 2021 insurrection.

One of the militia ...