BOSTON – There’s little doubt the Oath Keepers were planning for something on Jan. 6. The question at the heart of the criminal case against its members and associates in the attack on the U.S.
Capitol is: What, exactly, did they intend to do? Authorities suggested for weeks in court hearings and papers that members of the far-right militia group plotted their attack in advance in an effort to block the peaceful transition of power.
But prosecutors have since said it is not clear whether the group was targeting the Capitol before Jan. 6. “The plan was to unlawfully stop the certification of the Electoral College vote ...