(Joshua Paladino, Headline USA) The Anti-Defamation League sifted through leaked membership information from the Oath Keepers and then doxxed public officials, police officers, first responders and military personnel who contacted the group, even if they did not have any further involvement.
The ADL’s research found 370 potential Oath Keepers in law enforcement—including 10 police chiefs and 11 sheriffs—about 160 people who serve in the military, the reserves, or as civilian contractors, 80 elected public officials or citizens seeking office and 86 first responders, Forbes reported.
The hacking group Distributed Denial of Secrets obtained and published contact information from the Oath Keepers in September 2021.
The ADL admitted that the database cannot prove that individuals “were or are still” Oath Keepers, “that they hold or held all or some of Oath Keeper ideology or viewpoints, or that they ever actively participated in Oath Keeper activities.”
Despite this uncertainty, the ADL named several government officials, including Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers, who has made her affiliation public.
At least 42 people who signed up for the Oath Keepers at some point registered to run for office in 2022, but only 21 have advanced to the general election in November.
The ADL claimed that public servants cannot participate in the Oath Keepers without violating their oath of office. The mainstream media considers the Oath Keepers a far-right, white-supremacist militia that participated in or orchestrated the Jan. 6 protest.
Conservatives either view the Oath Keepers as a group committed to upholding the Constitution and resisting tyranny, or as a state-run psychological operation, whose members consist primarily of federal assets.
Authorities arrested Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and charged him with sedition in September for his role in the Jan. 6 protest, alleging that he tried to prevent the transfer of power to President Joe Biden.
Twenty-five other alleged Oath Keepers were arrested in the connection to the event.
