The Justice Department cleared that a leader among the Oath-Keepers paramilitary group, who planned and led others in the Capitol-siege to attempt to stop the Biden presidency is said to believe that she had received a call from then-President Donald Trump himself.
“As the inauguration grew nearer, Watkins indicated that she was awaiting direction from President Trump,” prosecutors wrote in the filing.
Prosecutors describe Watkins as a military veteran who’s a leader in the broader right-wing militia-movement. She was the key player in Capitol Riots on January 6th. She was training others to be in “fighting shape” for the presidential inauguration, prosecutors said.