Tucker Carlson repeatedly hosted an Oath Keeper charged with seditious conspiracy

[Nevilledog]

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Madeline Peltz
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NEW: I did a deep dive of Tucker Carlson's relationship with Thomas Caldwell, who was charged with seditious conspiracy yesterday alongside Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes (thread):

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Tucker Carlson repeatedly hosted an Oath Keeper charged with seditious conspiracy
8:41 AM · Jan 14, 2022

https://www.mediamatters.org/tucker-carlson/tucker-carlson-repeatedly-hosted-oath-keeper-charged-seditious-conspiracy

Fox News’ Tucker Carlson has repeatedly hosted alleged Oath Keeper Thomas Caldwell, who was charged on January 13 with seditious conspiracy alongside Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes and nine others in connection to the anti-government militia’s plot to violently overthrow the government on January 6, 2021. Carlson has interviewed Caldwell on both his Fox News show and his Fox Nation show. With Carlson’s help, Caldwell and his wife cast themselves as victims of overzealous prosecution for the events of January 6.

In their discussions Carlson and his guests overlooked some key details while portraying Caldwell, who was first arrested and indicted for his January 6 actions shortly after that day, merely as a “disabled veteran.”

As noted in the indictment, Caldwell was stationed outside Washington, D.C., on January 5, standing ready to distribute weapons to his fellow militia members at the direction of Rhodes. He allegedly helped coordinate the Oath Keepers’ so-called “quick reaction force.” The indictment states that the militia had “amassed firearms on the outskirts of Washington, D.C., distributed them among ‘quick reaction force’ (‘QRF’) teams, and planned to use the firearms in support of their plot to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power.”

The indictment alleges, “The QRF teams were prepared to rapidly transport firearms and other weapons into Washington, D.C., in support of operations aimed at using force to stop the lawful transfer of presidential power. The QRF teams were coordinated, in part, by Thomas Caldwell and Edward Vallejo.”





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[Fullduplexxx]

2. Remember when associations were so problematic

[SWBTATTReg]

3. TC should be charged w/ conspiracy and sedition too, he's giving aid and comfort to felons

(or those that will be shortly charged w/ crimes and perhaps found guilty).

[Nevilledog]

5. Tucker had him on LAST NIGHT, hours after he was charged.

[dchill]

7. So then, yeah. Tuck ought to be charged.

[SWBTATTReg]

8. SMH. Where is this guy's attorney? I suspect that the attorney (if he has one) would be

freaking out being on national TV, and his client's words are literally being broadcast live, too late to take them back...

[rockfordfile]

4. Everybody gets it that pos is un-American.

[UpInArms]

6. The bodies under the bus

Are going to cause the bus to flip over