Alaska state Rep. David Eastman, a “life member” of Oath Keepers who represents Wasilla, is railing against the “politically driven indictments” of the group’s leaders for their alleged roles in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol:
in a list leaked by an activist group last year. In response to an interview request about Rhodes’ indictment, Eastman sent a new prepared statement Friday.
In this Sunday, June 25, 2017 file photo, Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers, speaks during a rally outside the White House in Washington. Rhodes has been arrested and charged with seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The Justice Department announced the charges against Rhodes on Thursday.
One of Eastman’s legislative aides, Pam Goode, also posted photos of the rally to Facebook, though it was not clear whether she was physically present. Goode, who has run unsuccessfully for the state Legislature as a member of the Alaska Constitution Party, did not respond to a request for comment Friday.
“I’m not aware of any conversations in the Capitol that pertain to removing him or any kind of disciplinary action,” Stutes said in a phone interview. “He’s an elected official, and I would think it would be left up to his constituency, unless I or we as a Legislature see or have actual proof of his involvement in the incitement of what went on.”While Stutes is a Republican, her House majority caucus is mostly Democratic, and Eastman belongs to the chamber’s all-Republican minority.
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