"We're en route in a grand theft auto golf cart to the Capitol building right now."

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jessicagarrison/oath-keepers-rode-golf-cart-capitol-riot

Two more alleged Capitol rioters — who arrived at the scene on Jan. 6 in full battle gear after swerving around law-enforcement vehicles in a golf cart — have been added to the Oath Keepers conspiracy case, according to a new indictment unsealed on Thursday.

Roberto Minuta, 36, of Prosper, Tex., and Joshua James, 33, of Arab, Ala. were arrested and charged in March but were indicted by a federal grand jury on Wednesday along with ten others associated with the Oath Keepers already charged in the conspiracy.

The new indictment also reveals that, in the hours before the Capitol was breached, Minuta, James and another unidentified individual, known in the indictment as “Person Ten,” had a series of phone calls with Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes. Rhodes, who was in Washington, DC, on the day of the riot, did not enter the Capitol and has not been charged. (Rhodes recently said he expects he “may go to jail soon” for what he characterized as “made-up crimes.”)

According to the indictment, Minuta, James, and others dressed in battle gear climbed into a pair of golf carts and headed toward the Capitol building, “swerving around law enforcement vehicles.”

The indictment said that Minuta, who allegedly carried bear spray and wore ballistic goggles, declared: “Patriots are storming the Capitol building. There’s violence against patriots by police so we’re en route in a grand theft auto golf cart to the Capitol building right now.”

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