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[dramatic music playing]

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[Dakota] Yep, there we go.

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We will see if that's any better
or more stable.

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-[beeping]
-[Dakota] Hooray!

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Oh, no sound.

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Whoops.

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Okay.

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I am Dakota Adams,

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and a time of massive change
is supposed to arrive soon.

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But thankfully for you,

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my logged-in few,
if Armageddon is indeed upon us,

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you're in the right place.

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My entire life has been spent
preparing for the end times.

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My father,
the man the Feds consider

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to be one of the masterminds
of the January 6th riot,

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and founder of the now infamous
Oath Keepers,

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was Elmer Stewart Rhodes III.

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From inside our world,
he was heroic,

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and was going to save America
from the end of the world.

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[crowd clamoring]

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[Dakota] Living for
the apocalypse is nothing new.

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Humanity has been terrifying
itself with Armageddon

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since the first deep thinker
came out of a cave asking,

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"What happens if the sun
doesn't rise tomorrow?"

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Stewart's vision
of the future starts

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with a tyrannical government
that would take away our guns

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and our liberty.

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We'll then be plunged
into civil war,

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a desperate fight for survival

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that would ultimately destroy
America as we know it.

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Most outsiders
will simply believe

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this is all just
conspiracy bullshit.

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But for Stewart,
the fear was all-consuming,

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and the dangers extremely real.

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He believed we should stand up
to the government,

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and taught me
about great patriots

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who ended up paying a heavy,
heavy price.

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Great out here.
The rains have come this summer.

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The grass is tall,
it's still green.

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My cows are fat.

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[Dakota] This is LaVoy Finicum.

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Like Stewart,
his beliefs are deeply rooted

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in the US Constitution,

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and he felt the law of the land
had been violated.

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He chose to make a stand by
taking over federal park land.

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[dramatic music playing]

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[Lavoy] I am putting everything
on the line!

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I am putting my life
on the line.

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I am putting my children's life
on the line.

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And so,
you must decide for yourself.

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If you're not ready,
that is fine.

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But for me, myself,
just LaVoy Finicum,

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this simple man,
this simple redneck,

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I will stand.

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This is no longer
the land of the free.

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In order to be free,
you must be brave.

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I'm gonna meet the sheriff.
The sheriff is waiting for us.

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So, you do
as you damn well please!

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This is LaVoy Finicum.

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You wanna shoot me,
you shoot me!

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Thomas Jefferson taught
we have to defend our rights,

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or they are taken from us
by a greater force.

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This is about freedom.
This is about America.

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[man] They're out there.

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-[Lavoy] Hang on! Hang on!
-[woman] Okay, they're shooting.

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[woman] Stay down here.

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[Lavoy] Go ahead and shoot me.

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-[woman] Stay down.
-[Lavoy] Go ahead and shoot me.

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[woman] Stay down,
stay down, stay down.

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Stay down. Stay down.

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Shoot me!
You'll have to shoot me!

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[woman] Did they shoot him?

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-[girl] Oh, my God!
-[woman] Watch out. Watch out.

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Stay down.

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[girl] Did they kill him?
God, keep us safe, please.

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[woman] Please.
Please protect us, God.

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[girl] Please, God. God...

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[woman] Please protect us.
Please protect us.

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[man] We got lasers still on us.

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LaVoy got out.
I think they killed LaVoy.

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[dramatic music playing]

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[Lavoy] Stewart would make me
aware of many,

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many stories like this.

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Each taking us one step
closer... to the end times.

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There's nothing to be afraid of.

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["Ring of Fire" playing]

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♪ I fell into
A burning ring of fire

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♪ I went down, down, down
And the flames went higher

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♪ And it burns, burns, burns

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♪ The ring of fire
The ring of fire

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♪ The ring of fire
The ring of fire

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♪ The ring of fire
The ring of fire ♪

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[dramatic music playing]

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[Dakota] To help you understand
how an apocalyptic obsession

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has defined my life

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and the lives of everyone
I care about,

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I want to take you back
to the start

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and begin with the most
obsessive human thing of all.

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Long before Stewart would become
America's Most Wanted,

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a long, long time before,
he met my mom, Tasha Adams.

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[soft music playing]

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[Tasha] I was working
at Arthur Murray Dance Studios.

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And... I looked out
from the training room

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where I was studying
for my big dance teacher test.

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And I thought,
"Oh, there's a young person."

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Everyone in the studio
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So, I noticed him.

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A few days later,

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the assistant manager
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brought me into her office.

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She was just so glamorous,
and she had danced everywhere.

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And when she brought me
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she surprised me because
instead of talking about

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the dance students
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she started telling me
this long story

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about how she met her husband.

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And she was working
on a cruise ship as a performer,

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and she just believed in love...

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true love.

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And then she ended it by saying,
"This can't go outside of here,

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'cause dating students
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all Arthur Murray protocol."

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"But I have
just this strong feeling."

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"I really want you to meet
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his name is Stewart."

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And we met
another few days later at a,

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don't laugh, a Dance-O-Rama.

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It's a competition.

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Everything is glamorous
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which is really cheap.

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So, we met, and we danced,
and we started secretly dating.

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I thought it was probably

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the most romantic event
of my life, really.

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He would just tell me

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he'd never met anyone
as smart as me.

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[chuckles]

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I had grown up Mormon.

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He let me know
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He did not explain to me

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that he had been baptized
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He had gone
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from all his parents
moving around.

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And he didn't even know
what a vowel was.

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You know, he had to ask me,
"What does that even mean?"

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But he seemed like,

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if someone just loved him
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and cared for him enough,

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that he could realize
his potential.

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[minister] Now, with the legal
authority vested in me,

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I pronounce you
husband and wife,

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and you may kiss your bride.

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-[chuckles]
-[guests applauds]

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[soft music playing]

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[Tasha] We had six kids.

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[Tasha cheers]

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He also got into
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which was a big deal.

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[Dakota] Stewart wrote a paper
while at Yale

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about how the government
had eroded the Constitution

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since the 9/11
terrorist attacks.

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It was highly regarded,
it even won an award.

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[Tasha] He had all these
bright plans for the future.

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Kept saying what the country
really needed was a group

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based on people who had sworn
an oath to the Constitution.

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-I...
-I...

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...do solemnly swear...

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...do solemnly swear...

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...that I will bear true faith
and allegiance...

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...that I will bear true faith
and allegiance...

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...to the
United States of America.

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...to the
United States of America.

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One of the names he had written
down was Oath Keepers,

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as I thought,
"Well, that's a winner."

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Yeah, I mean, I thought...

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"What's not to like?"

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You know? [chuckles] Right?

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You're gonna keep your oath
to the Constitution.

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What could go wrong? [chuckles]

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[crowd clamoring]

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[rioter] I was invited here
by the president!

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An angry pro-Trump mob
storms the US Capitol.

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[reporter]
What you're witnessing is,

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I think, fair to say,
unprecedented.

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Some of these rioters
who are coming out from here.

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These are, I believe,
Oath Keepers.

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The Oath Keepers
have been around since 2009.

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It describes itself online as a,
quote,

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"Nonpartisan association
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military police
and first responders," unquote.

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And the group claims
to have 30,000 members.

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The Oath Keepers were seen
at the insurrection

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walking in line through the mob.

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Investigators accused the group
of playing a key role

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in conspiring
to incite violence.

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USA!

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[reporter] Research by the
Program on Extremism,

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which currently tracks
all 711 cases as of today,

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highlights at least
24 Oath Keepers

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who are part
of this overarching conspiracy.

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And while Stewart Rhodes
is not named directly

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in these indictments,
he is identified as person one.

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And throughout these
indictments, you can really see,

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as the government alleges,

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this kind of leadership role

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that he takes on
the ground on that day.

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[police siren wailing
in distance]

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[Dakota]
Twelve months after January 6th,

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facing negative press
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Stewart sat for an interview.

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It would be his last
as a free man.

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[TV host] I kind of wanna
just hear, like...

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what your last six months
has been like.

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As expected...

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except for all the demonization
from the so-called right.

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I'm getting people declaring
that, "Oh, he's a fed,

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he must be a fed,
he hasn't been arrested yet."

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So, it turns out
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the media on the right,

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everybody is as disingenuous
and partisan and--

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What's the right word?

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Irresponsible,
as the media on the left is.

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And the people that read
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everybody is non-thinking,

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accepting of whatever
they're being told

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by their talking head.

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-It's the same crap. Both sides.
-Did that surprise you?

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Uh, no, not really. No.

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So, the narrative on the right
is how you just laid it out.

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What's the narrative
of you on the left?

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Oh, that I'm the bad guy,

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at that I conspired to invade
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and I'm the Grand Poobah,

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and kingpin behind the scenes.
'Cause it's the big lie.

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And the big lie is that
there was some concerted plan

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to enter the Capitol,
there just wasn't.

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At least, not on the part of any
Trump supporters that I know of.

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Certainly not on our part.

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What I would tell
your average leftist is,

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I want you to remember
what it was like

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during the Bush years.

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When 9/11 happened,

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and the Bush administration
began to set aside

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the constitutional restraints,

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like on detention
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and torture, and everything else
that they were doing

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in the name
of the War on Terror.

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And think back to what
you thought about it back then.

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Quite a few people
on the political left

251
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were opposed to it,
and so was I.

252
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And think about the unease
and fear you had

253
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that that was being turned
into a weapon

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against political dissidents.

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So, if they said
you're a terrorist,

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they can just whisk away
your rights

257
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and, you know, put you into

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a whole different
lower level of proof,

259
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and lower level of everything
and mess with you.

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I think what they're doing
to the January 6th accused

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is very similar,

262
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because they're not doing
what's normal.

263
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What's normal is you get bail.

264
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Unless they can prove
you're a flight risk,

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or that you're about to go

266
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and commit
some horrible criminal act.

267
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But they're just alleging
these guys are bad guys

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who may commit other bad actions
based on what though?

269
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Just the mere accusations,

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'cause they walked
in the Capitol.

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And most of these people have
no criminal record whatsoever.

272
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Do you imagine yourself
getting whisked away?

273
00:14:06,202 --> 00:14:07,952
Like, are you mentally preparing
for that?

274
00:14:08,035 --> 00:14:10,827
Yeah, I'm ready for it. If
they do it to me, I'll just...

275
00:14:12,160 --> 00:14:13,952
deal with it.
I'm ready for that.

276
00:14:16,035 --> 00:14:17,410
In some ways, it'll help me.

277
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It'll start knocking back this
bullshit about me being a fed.

278
00:14:21,868 --> 00:14:23,243
You know?
Of course, they'll still say,

279
00:14:23,327 --> 00:14:26,202
"He's still a fed," somehow.
He's still a fed."

280
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So... But actually,
it'll probably improve

281
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my standing
in the patriot community.

282
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Frankly.

283
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[dramatic music playing]

284
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[reporter]
The Department of Justice

285
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has filed seditious
conspiracy charges

286
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against a number
of January 6th rioters,

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including the head
of the Oath Keepers,

288
00:14:51,660 --> 00:14:54,785
Stewart Rhodes,
who was arrested today in Texas.

289
00:14:55,285 --> 00:14:56,993
The leader of the Oath Keepers

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sits in jail
on charges of sedition,

291
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the harshest indictments yet

292
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related to the attack
on the Capitol.

293
00:15:02,952 --> 00:15:05,077
[reporter 1] It's as serious
as a heart attack.

294
00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:08,160
I mean, seditious conspiracy
is one step down

295
00:15:08,243 --> 00:15:09,702
from absolute treason.

296
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[reporter 2]
Prosecutors are saying

297
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this was something
that was well planned,

298
00:15:13,077 --> 00:15:14,993
and this group,
the Oath Keepers,

299
00:15:15,285 --> 00:15:16,702
were a key part.

300
00:15:17,202 --> 00:15:18,368
The case of Stewart Rhodes,

301
00:15:18,452 --> 00:15:21,285
according to prosecutors,
he was coordinating.

302
00:15:21,368 --> 00:15:24,452
He was giving locations
to other people,

303
00:15:24,535 --> 00:15:26,868
telling them
what weapons to bring,

304
00:15:26,952 --> 00:15:28,993
and helping to coordinate
the assault

305
00:15:29,077 --> 00:15:30,493
on the US Capitol.

306
00:15:44,077 --> 00:15:46,118
[Tasha] Yep,
kind of how I remembered it.

307
00:15:47,493 --> 00:15:49,077
Bunch of Stewart's crap still.

308
00:15:52,743 --> 00:15:56,785
"Oath Keeper's email
alert list." [chuckles]

309
00:15:58,118 --> 00:16:00,493
Um, well, this is the thing.

310
00:16:02,202 --> 00:16:03,952
-[host] That looks bad.
-[Tasha chuckles]

311
00:16:04,452 --> 00:16:06,077
This is just the kind of thing,

312
00:16:06,785 --> 00:16:08,535
when you're looking
through bins,

313
00:16:08,618 --> 00:16:10,160
you just have to be careful.

314
00:16:10,535 --> 00:16:11,910
This is actually just smoke,

315
00:16:12,202 --> 00:16:15,535
but you wouldn't know
unless you... [chuckles]

316
00:16:15,618 --> 00:16:17,243
You just never know.

317
00:16:17,327 --> 00:16:20,952
There could be pepper spray
or something worse or...

318
00:16:22,452 --> 00:16:24,077
Oh, nice! [chuckles]

319
00:16:24,785 --> 00:16:27,410
My wedding vows! [chuckles]

320
00:16:29,868 --> 00:16:30,743
Wow.

321
00:16:32,577 --> 00:16:34,577
This is something
his mother put together.

322
00:16:36,285 --> 00:16:37,285
[sighs]

323
00:16:38,910 --> 00:16:41,702
Stewart had very little contact
with his dad.

324
00:16:44,577 --> 00:16:46,493
There was one point
where the mother

325
00:16:47,577 --> 00:16:50,535
sort of sent him over there
as a teenager.

326
00:16:51,535 --> 00:16:54,577
And Stewart wanted to learn
about how to be a man.

327
00:16:55,577 --> 00:16:58,660
His dad had been a horse trainer
and a blacksmith.

328
00:16:58,952 --> 00:17:01,077
He had done boxing,
he was a Marine.

329
00:17:01,785 --> 00:17:03,202
But Stewart said
when he went there

330
00:17:03,285 --> 00:17:04,368
to spend the summer with him,

331
00:17:04,452 --> 00:17:06,660
he would just sit
on the couch every day

332
00:17:06,743 --> 00:17:07,743
and watch television,

333
00:17:07,827 --> 00:17:11,118
and wouldn't even spend
any time with him.

334
00:17:12,910 --> 00:17:14,785
He did one boxing lesson
and said,

335
00:17:14,868 --> 00:17:15,868
"Here's how you punch."

336
00:17:16,285 --> 00:17:17,410
He punched Stewart in the jaw

337
00:17:17,493 --> 00:17:18,535
and knocked him out
in the garage,

338
00:17:18,618 --> 00:17:21,618
and that was the extent
of their boxing lesson.

339
00:17:23,452 --> 00:17:25,452
And then the way
he turned out was just...

340
00:17:27,993 --> 00:17:31,243
[sighs]
He turned out the way he did.

341
00:17:37,368 --> 00:17:39,327
[birds chirping]

342
00:17:41,952 --> 00:17:44,618
[suspenseful music playing]

343
00:17:48,577 --> 00:17:49,827
[Dakota]
Far from being a villain,

344
00:17:49,910 --> 00:17:52,827
when I was growing up,
Stewart was the redeemer.

345
00:17:54,327 --> 00:17:57,160
The man who would save America
from the end of the world.

346
00:17:58,785 --> 00:18:01,035
I was raised to be
my father's heir apparent.

347
00:18:01,993 --> 00:18:04,785
Stewart's wish was for me
to be his mirror image.

348
00:18:05,368 --> 00:18:08,118
A strong,
all-conquering Renaissance man

349
00:18:08,202 --> 00:18:10,618
who could outfight
and outthink anyone,

350
00:18:11,077 --> 00:18:12,118
except Stewart.

351
00:18:13,202 --> 00:18:15,660
Built to reflect
all glory onto him

352
00:18:16,243 --> 00:18:19,452
as the source of my bloodline
and all of its power.

353
00:18:27,952 --> 00:18:29,743
[Stewart] And you can hear
the camera guy saying,

354
00:18:29,827 --> 00:18:30,993
"I see something."

355
00:18:31,285 --> 00:18:32,618
[soft music playing]

356
00:18:32,910 --> 00:18:34,285
[Dakota] The year is 2008,

357
00:18:34,368 --> 00:18:36,327
and Stewart has just started
Oath Keepers.

358
00:18:36,410 --> 00:18:38,785
We, his family,
are living in a rental house

359
00:18:38,868 --> 00:18:40,368
on the outskirts of Las Vegas.

360
00:18:41,827 --> 00:18:45,493
Oh, God! Stop it! Jesus Christ!

361
00:18:45,577 --> 00:18:48,660
Our mom is homeschooling us,
and plans had just been shared

362
00:18:48,743 --> 00:18:51,243
that we would all
soon be moving to Montana.

363
00:18:51,660 --> 00:18:54,035
As Stewart saw,
it was my responsibility

364
00:18:54,118 --> 00:18:55,618
to protect the family
from attack.

365
00:18:56,785 --> 00:18:57,702
So, by this time,

366
00:18:57,785 --> 00:18:59,285
I was mostly just doing
training.

367
00:19:00,118 --> 00:19:02,952
I was 12 going on 13.

368
00:19:04,827 --> 00:19:09,743
My job had been to somehow,
in suburban in Las Vegas,

369
00:19:10,535 --> 00:19:13,785
learn wilderness survival skills
and practical skills

370
00:19:13,868 --> 00:19:15,077
for living in the bush...

371
00:19:16,993 --> 00:19:21,785
for when we... moved to Montana

372
00:19:21,868 --> 00:19:24,702
and started up our compound,

373
00:19:25,035 --> 00:19:26,702
like right before
the apocalypse,

374
00:19:26,785 --> 00:19:29,535
whereas effectively
Stewart was staying in Las Vegas

375
00:19:29,618 --> 00:19:31,702
to make as much money
as a lawyer as possible

376
00:19:32,535 --> 00:19:36,035
up until the last minute
before we left,

377
00:19:36,118 --> 00:19:37,952
so that we could better
situate ourselves

378
00:19:38,035 --> 00:19:39,160
for the apocalypse.

379
00:19:40,285 --> 00:19:42,327
We would play a game

380
00:19:42,410 --> 00:19:45,577
where he'd be trying to train
in situational awareness.

381
00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,493
So, he would step back
and disappear

382
00:19:49,577 --> 00:19:52,327
while we were
in a grocery store, and then...

383
00:19:54,577 --> 00:19:59,535
circle around and see
if he could sneak up on me,

384
00:19:59,618 --> 00:20:03,827
and then lunge out
from behind a shelf and scream,

385
00:20:03,910 --> 00:20:08,202
"Stab, stab, stab,"
and pantomime shanking me.

386
00:20:09,452 --> 00:20:11,660
And everybody would look
and be like,

387
00:20:11,743 --> 00:20:13,118
"What the fuck was that?"

388
00:20:15,743 --> 00:20:17,910
If he'd been an assassin,
I would have died.

389
00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:24,910
The second eldest child
is my sister, Sedona,

390
00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:26,285
a fearsome fighter,

391
00:20:26,368 --> 00:20:28,202
champion grappler,
and martial artist,

392
00:20:28,285 --> 00:20:30,202
probably the toughest
of all of us.

393
00:20:30,493 --> 00:20:32,868
She was the first
to see through Stewart,

394
00:20:33,160 --> 00:20:35,118
so at this point,
she thinks he's full of shit,

395
00:20:35,202 --> 00:20:36,785
and is saying it constantly.

396
00:20:37,993 --> 00:20:40,202
The disrespect causes fights
between us.

397
00:20:41,285 --> 00:20:42,702
She's nine years old.

398
00:20:49,618 --> 00:20:51,785
She's mostly found
away from the house,

399
00:20:51,868 --> 00:20:53,452
practicing survival skills.

400
00:20:56,035 --> 00:20:58,077
She's annoyingly strong
at those.

401
00:20:59,493 --> 00:21:02,243
[Sedona] We had a lot of
survival books laying around.

402
00:21:02,577 --> 00:21:05,035
I read pretty much all of them,
all the way through,

403
00:21:05,118 --> 00:21:07,035
and I would go back
and read them again

404
00:21:07,118 --> 00:21:10,535
and use as many of the skills
in there as possible.

405
00:21:13,243 --> 00:21:14,743
Stalking up to animals.

406
00:21:15,702 --> 00:21:17,452
A lot of it was just deer.

407
00:21:19,077 --> 00:21:22,452
But sometimes, I'd also find
more interesting things,

408
00:21:22,535 --> 00:21:25,702
like... mountain lion tracks

409
00:21:25,785 --> 00:21:27,660
that had a bloody trail
behind it

410
00:21:27,743 --> 00:21:29,410
that I followed for miles.

411
00:21:32,285 --> 00:21:35,410
If I heard something, and...

412
00:21:37,202 --> 00:21:39,368
certain kind of ways of doing it

413
00:21:39,452 --> 00:21:41,077
to where I could
kind of pinpoint

414
00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:42,952
where the animal might be at,
'cause sometimes

415
00:21:43,035 --> 00:21:44,827
they're kind of like
ventriloquists,

416
00:21:44,910 --> 00:21:46,660
and you can't tell
where they are,

417
00:21:46,743 --> 00:21:48,035
and they do that on purpose.

418
00:21:52,660 --> 00:21:55,035
I stayed outside
as much as possible

419
00:21:55,452 --> 00:21:59,660
because Stewart's just not
very great to be around.

420
00:22:06,827 --> 00:22:12,577
So, he would say,
If you... aren't always armed,

421
00:22:13,285 --> 00:22:14,368
then...

422
00:22:15,285 --> 00:22:18,410
one day someone's going to try
to assault you or something.

423
00:22:20,493 --> 00:22:22,618
He would be like, "If you have
something on the side,"

424
00:22:22,702 --> 00:22:24,910
he was like, "That's just
an open invitation for them

425
00:22:24,993 --> 00:22:26,952
to stab you
with your own knife."

426
00:22:27,035 --> 00:22:28,868
So, then he'd have a knife
like this

427
00:22:28,952 --> 00:22:30,327
that you can't really see it.

428
00:22:30,410 --> 00:22:33,160
And then he'd have us practice
pulling it out like this

429
00:22:33,243 --> 00:22:34,993
over and over and over again.

430
00:22:35,535 --> 00:22:38,827
You have to pull it out
and hold it a certain way,

431
00:22:38,910 --> 00:22:41,910
and make sure your wrist
is straight and all this.

432
00:22:41,993 --> 00:22:45,035
And it would take
literally hours

433
00:22:45,118 --> 00:22:47,743
to just practice
one tiny movement,

434
00:22:48,243 --> 00:22:50,327
until we got it down perfectly.

435
00:22:50,410 --> 00:22:52,202
And we knew we have to get it
down perfectly,

436
00:22:52,285 --> 00:22:55,827
otherwise we can't go to bed
or do anything else. [chuckles]

437
00:22:56,827 --> 00:22:59,035
[Dakota] Despite his apparent
deep understanding

438
00:22:59,118 --> 00:23:00,702
of apocalyptic dangers,

439
00:23:01,202 --> 00:23:04,910
Stewart's plans for Judgment Day
had not come together well.

440
00:23:06,077 --> 00:23:08,827
He had struggled to hold down
a job with legal firms,

441
00:23:08,910 --> 00:23:10,785
and we were constantly broke.

442
00:23:11,077 --> 00:23:13,160
Red bills had been arriving
for some time,

443
00:23:13,243 --> 00:23:14,868
along with the threat
of eviction.

444
00:23:15,243 --> 00:23:18,035
Then, overnight,
Oath Keepers swept us up.

445
00:23:19,952 --> 00:23:22,535
As well as providing our family
with a modest income,

446
00:23:22,618 --> 00:23:24,827
it gave Mom something new
to focus on.

447
00:23:27,952 --> 00:23:29,535
[Tasha]
I looked after the website,

448
00:23:29,618 --> 00:23:31,993
did most of the writing
and correspondence.

449
00:23:33,077 --> 00:23:34,743
You had all these
military veterans

450
00:23:34,827 --> 00:23:38,285
from Afghanistan and Iraq
who just wanted to be useful.

451
00:23:38,993 --> 00:23:40,952
Stewart completely related
to that

452
00:23:41,285 --> 00:23:42,743
because he'd been
in the army.

453
00:23:43,160 --> 00:23:45,493
He had to drop out
because of an accident.

454
00:23:45,827 --> 00:23:47,702
He broke his back
in a parachute fall.

455
00:23:49,243 --> 00:23:50,410
A little while later,

456
00:23:50,493 --> 00:23:52,952
he also accidentally shot
out his own eye.

457
00:23:53,743 --> 00:23:55,952
He didn't like talking
about that in the public.

458
00:23:56,660 --> 00:23:58,827
But leaving the military
without really serving,

459
00:23:59,118 --> 00:24:00,452
it left a gap in him,

460
00:24:00,785 --> 00:24:02,452
which he felt he
needed to make right.

461
00:24:04,327 --> 00:24:06,452
[Dakota] By the time
Oath Keepers appeared,

462
00:24:06,535 --> 00:24:09,243
the US had spent the last
six years fighting wars,

463
00:24:09,327 --> 00:24:12,118
which many troops on the ground
felt were unwinnable

464
00:24:12,368 --> 00:24:13,743
or unjustified.

465
00:24:14,243 --> 00:24:17,410
Many of these ex-military guys
said the same thing.

466
00:24:17,827 --> 00:24:21,285
The government had let them down
and it could not be trusted.

467
00:24:22,243 --> 00:24:24,368
So, Stewart's calls
to respect the oath

468
00:24:24,702 --> 00:24:25,910
spoke loudly to them.

469
00:24:26,827 --> 00:24:28,868
Interestingly,
after the Vietnam War,

470
00:24:28,952 --> 00:24:30,160
the same thing happened.

471
00:24:30,618 --> 00:24:32,452
Then two militia groups
sprang up

472
00:24:32,535 --> 00:24:34,202
with thousands
of disgruntled veterans

473
00:24:34,285 --> 00:24:37,327
looking for something
to believe in and belong to.

474
00:24:42,452 --> 00:24:46,577
Mom was so caught up
with managing the first few days

475
00:24:46,660 --> 00:24:51,493
of Oath Keepers as a blog
that the power did get shut off.

476
00:24:55,410 --> 00:25:00,577
It immediately turned
into a phenomenon

477
00:25:00,660 --> 00:25:03,868
that became extremely real,
extremely quickly.

478
00:25:05,952 --> 00:25:10,785
Seeing all of the things that
Stewart talked about around,

479
00:25:10,868 --> 00:25:12,952
like, the kitchen table
suddenly becoming

480
00:25:13,035 --> 00:25:14,827
matters of national news

481
00:25:15,202 --> 00:25:18,327
validated a lot of
belief systems

482
00:25:18,410 --> 00:25:19,660
in the family home.

483
00:25:20,243 --> 00:25:21,993
The greatest threat
to our freedom

484
00:25:22,077 --> 00:25:23,118
would be our own government.

485
00:25:23,452 --> 00:25:26,702
And I hope every American
is watching your show today

486
00:25:26,785 --> 00:25:29,452
and realize now
that we cannot depend

487
00:25:29,535 --> 00:25:31,702
on our politicians
in Washington, D.C.,

488
00:25:31,785 --> 00:25:33,660
to keep their oath and follow

489
00:25:33,743 --> 00:25:35,243
and defend
the United States Constitution.

490
00:25:35,327 --> 00:25:36,327
Right. Right.

491
00:25:37,702 --> 00:25:41,493
[Dakota] I was extremely proud
to have Stewart as my father.

492
00:25:42,993 --> 00:25:46,827
My mom, especially,
very much believed in destiny

493
00:25:47,202 --> 00:25:50,160
and believed
that she had been predestined

494
00:25:50,243 --> 00:25:51,993
to support and assist Stewart

495
00:25:52,077 --> 00:25:53,868
in doing something
world-changing.

496
00:25:54,827 --> 00:25:56,868
We are trying to prevent
this country

497
00:25:56,952 --> 00:26:00,035
from suffering the abuse
and the violation of rights

498
00:26:00,118 --> 00:26:02,493
that has happened in other
countries in recent history.

499
00:26:02,577 --> 00:26:04,910
-How so?
-How so?

500
00:26:04,993 --> 00:26:06,827
By keeping the oaths
to the Constitution.

501
00:26:06,910 --> 00:26:08,202
It's not to any one man,

502
00:26:08,285 --> 00:26:10,327
whether he gives you
a thrill up your leg or not.

503
00:26:10,410 --> 00:26:11,743
-It's to the Constitution.
-Yeah.

504
00:26:12,535 --> 00:26:13,868
It felt...

505
00:26:15,368 --> 00:26:19,160
sort of vindicating
the way it took off

506
00:26:19,243 --> 00:26:21,327
exactly the way
he said it would.

507
00:26:24,743 --> 00:26:25,910
Felt like destiny.

508
00:26:27,993 --> 00:26:29,743
[dramatic music playing]

509
00:26:32,660 --> 00:26:34,118
[reporter 3]
The leader of the far-right

510
00:26:34,202 --> 00:26:35,577
extremist group,
the Oath Keepers,

511
00:26:35,660 --> 00:26:37,618
is due to appear
in federal court.

512
00:26:37,702 --> 00:26:40,243
[reporter 4] After making
more than 700 arrests

513
00:26:40,327 --> 00:26:42,327
connected to the January 6th
Capitol attack,

514
00:26:42,410 --> 00:26:45,535
it now appears investigators
are moving up the food chain.

515
00:26:45,618 --> 00:26:48,618
[reporter] Rhodes has repeatedly
denied any wrongdoing,

516
00:26:48,702 --> 00:26:51,702
claiming he never told his
members to enter the Capitol.

517
00:26:51,785 --> 00:26:53,702
[Durbin] The insurrection
should be a wake-up call.

518
00:26:54,077 --> 00:26:56,160
A reminder that America
is still confronted

519
00:26:56,243 --> 00:26:58,618
with the age-old menace
that's taken on a new life

520
00:26:58,702 --> 00:27:02,535
in the 21st century.
Terror from white supremacists.

521
00:27:03,702 --> 00:27:05,452
[Dakota]
After the attack on the Capitol,

522
00:27:05,535 --> 00:27:07,868
many called the Oath Keepers
white supremacists.

523
00:27:08,493 --> 00:27:11,493
In the years that followed
Obama's election in 2008,

524
00:27:11,743 --> 00:27:14,618
militia groups grew
by some 700%.

525
00:27:15,493 --> 00:27:17,910
Barack Obama
is the first illegal

526
00:27:17,993 --> 00:27:20,452
that needs to be removed from
the United States of America.

527
00:27:20,535 --> 00:27:22,202
[crowd cheer]

528
00:27:23,118 --> 00:27:26,327
[Dakota] But summing up
the entire militia motivation

529
00:27:26,410 --> 00:27:28,868
as white supremacy
is missing a lot.

530
00:27:30,535 --> 00:27:33,452
Stewart would call
the racism accusation a lie.

531
00:27:33,535 --> 00:27:35,493
His grandparents were Mexican.

532
00:27:36,285 --> 00:27:38,827
Yet at the same time,
he would appear

533
00:27:38,910 --> 00:27:41,493
on conspiracy theorist favorite,
Alex Jones,

534
00:27:41,577 --> 00:27:44,202
talking about how terrible
the Mexican problem was.

535
00:27:44,535 --> 00:27:47,410
Look, you've had Mexican people
waving the Mexican flag

536
00:27:47,785 --> 00:27:50,160
and burning the US flag.
That's not who we want here.

537
00:27:50,493 --> 00:27:54,243
You could even deploy troops
into Mexico, as Wilson did,

538
00:27:54,535 --> 00:27:57,410
to go and hit them
before they get to the border.

539
00:27:58,618 --> 00:28:00,368
[Dakota]
He would also gladly point out

540
00:28:00,452 --> 00:28:02,993
that there are Black members
in Oath Keepers.

541
00:28:03,077 --> 00:28:05,035
I'm not gonna stand by
while some white supremacist

542
00:28:05,118 --> 00:28:07,118
is going around murdering people
'cause of their skin color.

543
00:28:07,202 --> 00:28:08,868
I'm gonna fuck him up.
I'm gonna smoke him.

544
00:28:10,493 --> 00:28:11,868
He's gonna take a dirt nap.

545
00:28:11,952 --> 00:28:13,743
And a lot of my guys
feel the same fucking way.

546
00:28:13,827 --> 00:28:16,452
Ask Whip how he feels
about that. [chuckles]

547
00:28:18,327 --> 00:28:20,952
[Dakota] Michael Whip Simmons
was his head of security

548
00:28:21,035 --> 00:28:22,202
for January 6th.

549
00:28:22,660 --> 00:28:24,535
Like Stewart,
he's also indicted.

550
00:28:26,410 --> 00:28:27,868
[Michael] I got indicted like...

551
00:28:28,577 --> 00:28:30,952
two days after
I told his attorneys

552
00:28:31,035 --> 00:28:33,493
I would take
the stand for Stewart.

553
00:28:36,327 --> 00:28:37,743
[TV host]
Why did you think that was?

554
00:28:38,577 --> 00:28:42,410
Um, you know,
I can't say for sure.

555
00:28:42,702 --> 00:28:45,160
Personally, they probably
was trying to keep me

556
00:28:45,243 --> 00:28:46,243
from taking the stand.

557
00:28:46,327 --> 00:28:47,702
And so,
they figured if they indict me,

558
00:28:47,785 --> 00:28:48,993
I wouldn't take the stand.

559
00:28:49,077 --> 00:28:51,410
I mean, if I take the stand
while I'm indicted,

560
00:28:51,785 --> 00:28:53,910
you give up your right
to the Fifth Amendment.

561
00:28:54,785 --> 00:28:57,743
So maybe they thought
it was a good move.

562
00:28:59,618 --> 00:29:02,160
[soft music playing]

563
00:29:03,368 --> 00:29:06,202
[Dakota] Whip fits
exactly the kind of image

564
00:29:06,285 --> 00:29:08,410
that Oath Keepers wants
to present to the world.

565
00:29:08,910 --> 00:29:11,535
An all-American boy,
wrestling champion,

566
00:29:12,035 --> 00:29:13,660
signed up to the US Army,

567
00:29:13,952 --> 00:29:17,327
served in combat in Iraq,
and then left feeling betrayed.

568
00:29:18,327 --> 00:29:20,160
I'm not a member
of the Oath Keepers.

569
00:29:20,702 --> 00:29:24,368
I'm just somebody who
Stewart brought in to do a job.

570
00:29:25,243 --> 00:29:26,910
For me,
it just generated income.

571
00:29:28,327 --> 00:29:31,160
But I could get behind
what the group was doing.

572
00:29:32,535 --> 00:29:36,118
I mean, I follow politics,
but, you know, I don't vote.

573
00:29:38,285 --> 00:29:39,535
You gotta understand,

574
00:29:39,618 --> 00:29:42,410
nothing ever changes
in the neighborhoods

575
00:29:42,493 --> 00:29:45,160
or in the ghettos
or what people would call

576
00:29:45,243 --> 00:29:46,910
these "urban areas," you know?

577
00:29:47,327 --> 00:29:49,702
Doesn't matter
whose ass sitting

578
00:29:49,785 --> 00:29:50,993
in the presidential chair,

579
00:29:51,077 --> 00:29:52,785
nothing ever changes
in the neighborhood.

580
00:29:52,868 --> 00:29:53,993
That shit doesn't matter.

581
00:29:54,535 --> 00:29:56,618
All these people talking about
"The election's been stolen,

582
00:29:56,702 --> 00:29:58,327
the election's been rigged,"
shit.

583
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,827
Talk to anybody
from any one of these areas,

584
00:30:01,910 --> 00:30:03,702
they'll tell you,
"Elections been rigged forever."

585
00:30:05,618 --> 00:30:08,743
So I don't vote.
You know, that shit for what?

586
00:30:09,118 --> 00:30:10,077
What's the difference?

587
00:30:10,160 --> 00:30:12,118
What's gonna change
where I live at?

588
00:30:16,535 --> 00:30:17,702
[Michelle] It's too much.

589
00:30:18,368 --> 00:30:21,577
Our government worries
about keeping their own--

590
00:30:21,660 --> 00:30:24,535
They're doing too much
to their own citizens.

591
00:30:26,035 --> 00:30:27,118
Way too much.

592
00:30:28,452 --> 00:30:29,618
[Michael] It's all political.

593
00:30:30,535 --> 00:30:31,743
[Michelle]
That's why, you know what?

594
00:30:31,827 --> 00:30:33,327
I don't deal with the political.

595
00:30:33,410 --> 00:30:35,452
I don't get involved with it.
None of that.

596
00:30:36,535 --> 00:30:37,535
None of that.

597
00:30:37,910 --> 00:30:40,660
[Michael] Man, I got an email
to go back to Iraq.

598
00:30:43,493 --> 00:30:45,077
It's a government contract.

599
00:30:46,410 --> 00:30:48,410
[Michelle] The same government
that's trying to prosecute you?

600
00:30:48,493 --> 00:30:49,827
Now, you gonna go work for them?

601
00:30:49,910 --> 00:30:51,327
[Michael]
It's just another job for me.

602
00:30:53,702 --> 00:30:54,827
Stop going to war for them,

603
00:30:54,910 --> 00:30:56,743
'cause they ain't going
to war for you.

604
00:31:00,410 --> 00:31:02,827
All they wanna do is keep people
and they so damn dumb,

605
00:31:02,910 --> 00:31:04,868
they keep their own citizens
against each other.

606
00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,285
So if something was to come
to America,

607
00:31:07,368 --> 00:31:09,368
we so busy fighting each other

608
00:31:09,452 --> 00:31:11,410
that we can't even stand
together

609
00:31:11,493 --> 00:31:14,368
to even war nothing off
if something was to happen here.

610
00:31:14,702 --> 00:31:18,243
Let's look at the big picture.
Who are we fighting for?

611
00:31:19,577 --> 00:31:21,535
All this stuff going on
with Trump

612
00:31:22,327 --> 00:31:24,535
is a distraction
of what's really happening.

613
00:31:26,868 --> 00:31:28,827
Our government ain't never
told us the truth,

614
00:31:29,785 --> 00:31:31,660
-about nothing.
-[dramatic music playing]

615
00:31:32,035 --> 00:31:33,660
That's why I don't get
involved in it.

616
00:31:33,743 --> 00:31:34,660
I don't vote,

617
00:31:34,743 --> 00:31:38,368
'cause they're gonna do whatever
they wanna do in the end.

618
00:31:43,743 --> 00:31:46,285
Nothing else that the government
got theyself connected to

619
00:31:46,368 --> 00:31:48,077
should you be involved in,
nothing.

620
00:31:50,077 --> 00:31:50,993
Nothing.

621
00:31:53,493 --> 00:31:54,618
Find another job.

622
00:31:55,993 --> 00:31:57,077
[Michael] Doing what?

623
00:31:59,327 --> 00:32:00,535
Anything but that.

624
00:32:21,785 --> 00:32:24,118
[Dakota] "Trust nothing
and no one," we were told.

625
00:32:25,118 --> 00:32:26,910
You might say
that's understandable.

626
00:32:28,368 --> 00:32:30,868
Stewart said
under no circumstance

627
00:32:30,952 --> 00:32:32,410
discuss what happens
within our family

628
00:32:32,493 --> 00:32:36,077
or home with anyone,
not even another Oath Keeper.

629
00:32:37,743 --> 00:32:39,952
In 2010,
the place we called home

630
00:32:40,035 --> 00:32:41,660
was about to radically change.

631
00:32:42,410 --> 00:32:44,743
We moved from
our small Las Vegas rental

632
00:32:44,827 --> 00:32:47,077
a thousand miles north
to Trego, Montana.

633
00:32:49,785 --> 00:32:51,660
Montana has a few things
that would appeal

634
00:32:51,743 --> 00:32:53,243
to those who trust nothing.

635
00:32:53,827 --> 00:32:55,493
Very few human beings
live there.

636
00:32:56,702 --> 00:32:59,618
The land is vast,
so hiding is easy.

637
00:33:00,410 --> 00:33:02,202
Those human beings
who do live there

638
00:33:02,285 --> 00:33:04,535
are often independent-minded
and isolated,

639
00:33:04,910 --> 00:33:06,785
more likely to keep
to themselves.

640
00:33:07,577 --> 00:33:09,035
Many come here to hide.

641
00:33:16,452 --> 00:33:20,785
When we moved to Trego,
that's when Steward began

642
00:33:20,868 --> 00:33:25,785
to get into his defense
planning phase.

643
00:33:27,285 --> 00:33:29,535
It started
with the escape tunnels.

644
00:33:30,743 --> 00:33:33,868
Stewart had been for a long time
very concerned

645
00:33:33,952 --> 00:33:40,577
with how he would get out
of being besieged by the feds

646
00:33:40,660 --> 00:33:44,702
and very concerned
with not being stuck

647
00:33:45,452 --> 00:33:48,910
in a standoff situation
with no escape route.

648
00:33:49,535 --> 00:33:54,118
It was really before
even putting in gardens,

649
00:33:54,202 --> 00:33:57,202
the first major project
that we embarked on.

650
00:33:58,035 --> 00:34:00,452
[medieval music playing]

651
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,202
[Dakota] There were two sets
of escape tunnels,

652
00:34:09,285 --> 00:34:14,410
one that would be
a long L-shaped trench,

653
00:34:14,493 --> 00:34:16,827
essentially, in the ground,

654
00:34:17,160 --> 00:34:19,743
dug with a backhoe
and finished by hand.

655
00:34:19,827 --> 00:34:24,410
That would be covered
with two-by-four and plywood,

656
00:34:24,493 --> 00:34:27,493
and tarp ceiling with
rocks scattered over the top

657
00:34:27,577 --> 00:34:29,035
and sod to conceal it.

658
00:34:29,743 --> 00:34:31,327
And the way that would work

659
00:34:31,410 --> 00:34:37,702
is a concealing shed
would be put against one wall

660
00:34:37,785 --> 00:34:39,702
of the house
in the daylight basement,

661
00:34:40,327 --> 00:34:43,118
covering over
a ground floor window.

662
00:34:43,535 --> 00:34:46,535
And the floor of the shed
would have a trap door

663
00:34:46,618 --> 00:34:48,118
that would drop into the tunnel.

664
00:34:49,993 --> 00:34:52,285
And so,
in the event of a federal raid,

665
00:34:52,577 --> 00:34:54,993
everybody would be able
to run into the basement,

666
00:34:55,243 --> 00:34:59,327
file through this window,
drop down into the tunnel,

667
00:34:59,410 --> 00:35:02,868
grab a 72 hour go-bags...

668
00:35:05,660 --> 00:35:07,743
and take off
through this tunnel...

669
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,077
out to where it would drop
into the tree line,

670
00:35:12,577 --> 00:35:15,452
and from there,
go into the woods.

671
00:35:16,410 --> 00:35:20,618
If necessary, button hook around
to cross the stream

672
00:35:20,868 --> 00:35:22,077
further into the woods

673
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:23,952
to lose the scent
of tracking dogs,

674
00:35:24,035 --> 00:35:28,827
and then hike
to a prepared getaway car

675
00:35:29,410 --> 00:35:31,035
that was not registered

676
00:35:31,327 --> 00:35:32,660
to anybody associated
with Oath Keepers,

677
00:35:32,743 --> 00:35:34,493
staged on a logging road.

678
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:39,785
And from there, take the network
of logging roads out of Trego

679
00:35:39,868 --> 00:35:42,952
to make our way
towards Idaho or anywhere else

680
00:35:43,035 --> 00:35:44,493
where there was
a friendly support network

681
00:35:44,577 --> 00:35:45,702
that could take us in.

682
00:35:55,910 --> 00:35:57,327
[Tasha]
Now, we're in the mountains...

683
00:35:57,410 --> 00:35:59,743
-I can't! You're laying on it.
-No, Dakota!

684
00:35:59,827 --> 00:36:01,618
...and things did
not feel right.

685
00:36:06,077 --> 00:36:10,952
I spent my entire adult life
being Stewart's wife.

686
00:36:11,202 --> 00:36:12,285
Stewart's wife.

687
00:36:13,410 --> 00:36:15,077
That's all
anyone ever called me.

688
00:36:15,160 --> 00:36:16,535
Lots of people
never knew my name.

689
00:36:20,452 --> 00:36:22,118
My kids had never been
to school...

690
00:36:23,743 --> 00:36:26,493
really never socialized
outside of the movement,

691
00:36:27,452 --> 00:36:30,160
outside of very controlled
circumstances,

692
00:36:30,493 --> 00:36:31,785
with Stewart approving of it...

693
00:36:33,327 --> 00:36:35,243
with Stewart getting in there

694
00:36:35,327 --> 00:36:37,410
and controlling
the conversation.

695
00:36:37,493 --> 00:36:40,118
And one of his things
was all conversations

696
00:36:40,202 --> 00:36:41,577
flow through me, through him.

697
00:36:41,868 --> 00:36:44,452
And so, everything had to be
sort of directed around him.

698
00:36:44,535 --> 00:36:47,868
Like, all of us and the people

699
00:36:48,202 --> 00:36:49,327
we were allowed
to socialize with

700
00:36:49,410 --> 00:36:51,618
were sort of satellites
around him.

701
00:36:53,785 --> 00:36:56,660
And so, what began to happen

702
00:36:56,743 --> 00:37:00,327
is we began
to be isolated in plain sight.

703
00:37:05,618 --> 00:37:07,993
And by the time
started thinking

704
00:37:08,077 --> 00:37:09,827
this is terrible, I was trapped.

705
00:37:13,993 --> 00:37:17,868
Stewart was king of our house.

706
00:37:17,952 --> 00:37:20,285
Everywhere we went,
people come up to you,

707
00:37:20,368 --> 00:37:21,410
"You're so lucky,

708
00:37:21,660 --> 00:37:24,118
so lucky to be married
to such a wonderful man."

709
00:37:24,660 --> 00:37:27,077
"He is on a mission from God."

710
00:37:35,077 --> 00:37:37,452
[playful music playing]

711
00:37:42,160 --> 00:37:44,785
[Dakota] While we were at home
preparing for the apocalypse,

712
00:37:44,868 --> 00:37:47,577
the Oath Keepers was blossoming
into a large movement.

713
00:37:48,743 --> 00:37:51,660
Thousands of new paying members
were joining.

714
00:37:52,202 --> 00:37:54,077
They came from all parts
of society,

715
00:37:54,160 --> 00:37:57,660
but many importantly,
had positions of authority.

716
00:37:58,702 --> 00:38:01,827
Police, military, even politics.

717
00:38:02,785 --> 00:38:05,410
All bought into
Stewart's apocalyptic worldview.

718
00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:07,368
[Stewart] Your own government,

719
00:38:07,660 --> 00:38:10,160
what they're going to do
is trigger an economic collapse,

720
00:38:10,868 --> 00:38:12,368
let people kill each other,

721
00:38:12,452 --> 00:38:14,660
let them starve
for three or four months,

722
00:38:14,743 --> 00:38:15,952
let the cities implode,

723
00:38:16,035 --> 00:38:17,493
and then come in
like the cavalry and say,

724
00:38:17,577 --> 00:38:18,785
"We're here to rescue you."

725
00:38:19,493 --> 00:38:21,327
"Turn in your guns,
you get a food cart."

726
00:38:21,410 --> 00:38:23,202
"Turn in your neighbors,
you get a food cart."

727
00:38:23,452 --> 00:38:25,577
"Those crazy patriots
are resisting us

728
00:38:25,910 --> 00:38:27,493
"and shooting at us
at checkpoints

729
00:38:28,368 --> 00:38:29,577
are the enemy."

730
00:38:30,077 --> 00:38:31,993
Now, I put my neck
on the chopping block

731
00:38:32,618 --> 00:38:35,285
and my family's neck
on the chopping block

732
00:38:35,368 --> 00:38:36,577
by starting Oath Keepers

733
00:38:36,660 --> 00:38:38,077
and saying
what I'm saying today.

734
00:38:38,743 --> 00:38:40,410
I do it because
I have no choice.

735
00:38:40,910 --> 00:38:42,202
I do it for my children.

736
00:38:42,452 --> 00:38:45,577
I am urging you
to take this seriously.

737
00:38:45,993 --> 00:38:48,160
[Dakota] Along with his
dire warnings about the future,

738
00:38:48,243 --> 00:38:49,577
membership continued to grow

739
00:38:50,577 --> 00:38:52,702
giving Stewart more power
and influence.

740
00:38:53,827 --> 00:38:56,535
As a result, the Oath Keepers
were making themselves seen,

741
00:38:56,618 --> 00:38:57,743
helping with disaster relief.

742
00:38:58,827 --> 00:39:02,285
They even sponsored
a NASCAR racing team.

743
00:39:02,702 --> 00:39:05,493
They also showed up
at potential standoffs.

744
00:39:07,618 --> 00:39:09,452
One such event
was at Bundy Ranch.

745
00:39:09,535 --> 00:39:12,660
Much like the situation
LaVoy had lost his life for,

746
00:39:12,743 --> 00:39:15,160
there was a dispute
about federal land,

747
00:39:15,660 --> 00:39:18,035
a popular standoff situation.

748
00:39:18,785 --> 00:39:22,368
What we will do is
we will stand and we will fight

749
00:39:22,452 --> 00:39:24,535
and we will die
if the government tries

750
00:39:24,618 --> 00:39:26,618
to oppress the Bundys
or tries to attack us.

751
00:39:27,827 --> 00:39:30,118
[Dakota] Law enforcement was met
with an armed camp

752
00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:31,993
that grew larger,

753
00:39:32,077 --> 00:39:35,243
more heavily armed,
and more paranoid by the day,

754
00:39:35,327 --> 00:39:36,993
and refused to stand down.

755
00:39:38,660 --> 00:39:40,993
Fearing a drone strike
against his men,

756
00:39:41,368 --> 00:39:44,160
Stewart ordered Oath Keepers
forces to retreat

757
00:39:44,243 --> 00:39:45,910
into the desert and withdraw.

758
00:39:47,285 --> 00:39:49,618
Following the incident,
rumors started to spread

759
00:39:49,702 --> 00:39:52,493
that he had been spoken to
by the feds and threatened.

760
00:39:53,243 --> 00:39:55,243
A real model citizen.

761
00:39:56,243 --> 00:39:58,618
[Dakota] He never confirmed
all of that to us,

762
00:39:59,202 --> 00:40:01,202
but it's true
that from then on in,

763
00:40:02,285 --> 00:40:04,327
strange stuff started to happen.

764
00:40:06,035 --> 00:40:07,868
[suspenseful music playing]

765
00:40:09,368 --> 00:40:10,702
[Tasha]
We could hear what sounded

766
00:40:10,785 --> 00:40:11,910
like feedback in the house.

767
00:40:13,868 --> 00:40:14,993
It was odd.

768
00:40:15,618 --> 00:40:17,327
Stewart was convinced
we'd been bugged.

769
00:40:19,327 --> 00:40:21,577
But I don't know.

770
00:40:23,910 --> 00:40:26,160
I think, really,
for the most part,

771
00:40:26,243 --> 00:40:28,160
I just thought
he was completely insane.

772
00:40:28,243 --> 00:40:29,285
Like the more...

773
00:40:29,368 --> 00:40:31,327
Sometimes I'd have
more of a moment of, like,

774
00:40:32,827 --> 00:40:36,035
"Whoa, this is really bad."

775
00:40:36,118 --> 00:40:37,785
[Stewart]
The name of national security,

776
00:40:38,202 --> 00:40:39,493
during the Quasi-War
with France...

777
00:40:39,577 --> 00:40:42,577
[Tasha]
He became more paranoid

778
00:40:43,118 --> 00:40:45,993
because he's this now
supposedly famous person

779
00:40:46,077 --> 00:40:47,618
that's running Oath Keepers.

780
00:40:48,368 --> 00:40:50,285
The feds were gonna
hunt him down

781
00:40:50,368 --> 00:40:51,577
and kill him or something.

782
00:40:53,327 --> 00:40:56,410
People are following
what he says instantly.

783
00:40:56,952 --> 00:41:00,493
People are gravitating to him
like a sun, you know?

784
00:41:00,577 --> 00:41:02,160
[chuckles]
Like the sun is rising,

785
00:41:02,243 --> 00:41:04,577
and they're gathering around
for the warmth.

786
00:41:04,827 --> 00:41:08,743
I mean, they're basking in it.
And that's how it seemed.

787
00:41:09,077 --> 00:41:11,868
I'm Stewart Rhodes.
I'm the founder of Oath Keepers.

788
00:41:14,327 --> 00:41:16,952
Everyone here who has taken
an oath to support

789
00:41:17,035 --> 00:41:19,618
and defend the Constitution,
please stand up

790
00:41:19,702 --> 00:41:21,410
and raise your right hand
in the air.

791
00:41:22,202 --> 00:41:23,660
[Tasha] But at the same time...

792
00:41:23,743 --> 00:41:25,577
Put your right hand up
if you swear an oath.

793
00:41:27,243 --> 00:41:28,952
...his mental state really...

794
00:41:31,785 --> 00:41:33,910
degraded, spiraled.

795
00:41:37,327 --> 00:41:40,785
[Dakota] There's a certain point
where things in Trego

796
00:41:40,868 --> 00:41:42,785
really started to fall apart.

797
00:41:43,702 --> 00:41:50,118
The supposed savior of America
is nestled upstairs in the loft

798
00:41:50,202 --> 00:41:53,702
where he's constructed a nest...

799
00:41:55,202 --> 00:41:58,868
all the way around himself
of piled survival gear.

800
00:41:59,535 --> 00:42:02,577
And in his day to day,
he was completely fine

801
00:42:02,660 --> 00:42:04,243
with peeing in bottles

802
00:42:04,660 --> 00:42:07,285
and curling up
in his filthy blankets,

803
00:42:07,743 --> 00:42:09,702
and occasionally...

804
00:42:10,368 --> 00:42:12,952
wandering downstairs
to scream at people.

805
00:42:14,327 --> 00:42:15,535
Not showering...

806
00:42:17,118 --> 00:42:18,952
not cleaning up
his prosthetic eye

807
00:42:19,035 --> 00:42:20,493
until the whole thing ruptured.

808
00:42:22,577 --> 00:42:24,743
Everything you could imagine,
he was letting go.

809
00:42:26,577 --> 00:42:31,368
[Dakota] And hit the absolute
peak of his isolation.

810
00:42:33,160 --> 00:42:36,910
He'd slump over
mid-screaming tirade,

811
00:42:37,410 --> 00:42:42,285
and then an hour later
come unpaused and snap awake,

812
00:42:42,785 --> 00:42:46,202
resuming his tirade
exactly where he left off.

813
00:42:46,785 --> 00:42:49,118
But he was so incoherent

814
00:42:49,535 --> 00:42:52,118
that there wasn't really
anything to engage with.

815
00:42:52,202 --> 00:42:55,368
You just had to wait
until he was over,

816
00:42:55,452 --> 00:42:56,577
like a weather pattern.

817
00:43:05,910 --> 00:43:07,285
[Tasha]
He had a huge meltdown

818
00:43:07,368 --> 00:43:08,827
about two o'clock
in the morning one night

819
00:43:08,910 --> 00:43:10,368
where he drug
everybody out of bed.

820
00:43:13,327 --> 00:43:15,035
And Sedona said, "That's it."

821
00:43:15,118 --> 00:43:17,368
I will not sleep
in the house again

822
00:43:17,452 --> 00:43:18,618
when he's in the house.

823
00:43:18,952 --> 00:43:20,493
And she built a hut
out in the woods.

824
00:43:21,702 --> 00:43:24,077
And even when it was
minus ten degrees out,

825
00:43:24,743 --> 00:43:25,952
she slept outside.

826
00:43:27,327 --> 00:43:29,702
She would heat rocks
in the fireplace at night,

827
00:43:30,202 --> 00:43:33,493
and she had a little pit
inside of her hut...

828
00:43:34,577 --> 00:43:36,327
and she would put
these heated rocks in it

829
00:43:36,410 --> 00:43:38,535
and put straw over it
to warm her bed

830
00:43:38,618 --> 00:43:41,202
and put a little fire that
would go out by morning

831
00:43:41,285 --> 00:43:42,285
in front of it.

832
00:43:42,368 --> 00:43:46,243
And she'd sleep out in the woods
every night if he was home.

833
00:43:47,118 --> 00:43:49,118
And I worried about her
freezing to death.

834
00:43:49,202 --> 00:43:50,785
Sometimes it was so cold out.

835
00:43:50,868 --> 00:43:52,868
She said, "I can't.
I just cannot be in that house

836
00:43:52,952 --> 00:43:54,618
with him. I can't."

837
00:43:55,077 --> 00:43:56,410
You never know
when he's gonna drag you

838
00:43:56,493 --> 00:43:57,577
out of bed in the night,

839
00:43:57,660 --> 00:43:59,702
and he's just screaming
at the top of his lungs.

840
00:44:00,702 --> 00:44:05,327
But he saw that as her
embracing survivalist skills.

841
00:44:07,493 --> 00:44:10,202
But honestly,
she just sort of disappeared,

842
00:44:10,702 --> 00:44:12,535
'cause she just felt like
she had nowhere to go.

843
00:44:15,743 --> 00:44:19,368
[Sedona] I saw my mom
as scared also...

844
00:44:20,660 --> 00:44:21,743
of the whole thing.

845
00:44:22,577 --> 00:44:24,202
I think there's not much

846
00:44:24,285 --> 00:44:26,327
that any of us
could have done, really.

847
00:44:29,827 --> 00:44:33,993
[dramatic music playing]

848
00:44:37,993 --> 00:44:40,160
[Tasha] He would have
these meltdowns,

849
00:44:40,493 --> 00:44:42,243
and I would have to apologize.

850
00:44:44,243 --> 00:44:45,410
[door slamming]

851
00:44:46,660 --> 00:44:47,827
[gun cocking]

852
00:44:49,327 --> 00:44:51,993
[Tasha] And then,
he just drew his gun, you know?

853
00:44:52,618 --> 00:44:55,535
And... [chuckles softly]
But he didn't point it at me.

854
00:44:56,410 --> 00:44:57,827
You know, he pointed it
at the ground,

855
00:44:57,910 --> 00:44:59,535
and he would rack the slide back

856
00:44:59,618 --> 00:45:01,660
and look at it and make sure
it was loaded and...

857
00:45:02,202 --> 00:45:05,577
It was probably to be dramatic.
He knows it's loaded.

858
00:45:05,660 --> 00:45:07,743
He knows it's chambered.
You know?

859
00:45:08,535 --> 00:45:10,243
And then, he just plopped down
on the floor

860
00:45:10,327 --> 00:45:11,868
and pointed it at his own head.

861
00:45:12,535 --> 00:45:14,702
And...
"See what you made me do."

862
00:45:15,452 --> 00:45:19,118
And so, this was something
that was happening a lot.

863
00:45:19,368 --> 00:45:20,368
Like, a lot.

864
00:45:20,827 --> 00:45:23,077
And he would always say,
"What are you gonna do?"

865
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:25,410
"You're gonna call the police
and say I'm suicidal?"

866
00:45:26,368 --> 00:45:27,785
You know,
"I'm not threatening you."

867
00:45:27,868 --> 00:45:28,868
[laughs]

868
00:45:31,618 --> 00:45:32,618
Because...

869
00:45:34,785 --> 00:45:37,493
he suddenly has more power.

870
00:45:39,493 --> 00:45:41,827
I thought, there's really
no way out of this.

871
00:45:42,243 --> 00:45:43,952
How would we ever
get out of this?

872
00:45:44,035 --> 00:45:45,285
How are we gonna
get out of this?

873
00:45:52,493 --> 00:45:54,952
I think anybody
looking at it would think,

874
00:45:55,035 --> 00:45:56,702
"Oh, someone's gonna die."

875
00:45:58,535 --> 00:46:00,077
"They're not all
getting out of this alive."

876
00:46:04,243 --> 00:46:06,535
[reporter 1] A tragic accident
in Arizona today

877
00:46:06,618 --> 00:46:08,702
when police say
a four-year-old boy

878
00:46:08,785 --> 00:46:10,702
accidentally shot
and killed his father.

879
00:46:10,785 --> 00:46:13,368
A tragic school shooting
this morning in Perry, Iowa.

880
00:46:13,452 --> 00:46:15,493
This is the second
school shooting just four days

881
00:46:15,577 --> 00:46:16,618
into the new year.

882
00:46:16,702 --> 00:46:18,202
[reporter 2]
Two people have been killed.

883
00:46:18,285 --> 00:46:19,702
At least 13 have been injured.

884
00:46:19,785 --> 00:46:21,660
[reporter 3] A Delaware County
man accidentally shot

885
00:46:21,743 --> 00:46:23,368
and killed himself
while climbing over a gate

886
00:46:23,452 --> 00:46:24,535
earlier this week.

887
00:46:24,618 --> 00:46:26,118
[reporter 4] Police say
the toddler picked up the gun

888
00:46:26,202 --> 00:46:27,577
from her parents' nightstand

889
00:46:27,660 --> 00:46:29,702
and accidentally fired
that weapon.

890
00:46:29,785 --> 00:46:31,118
The bullet grazed
the girl's cheek

891
00:46:31,202 --> 00:46:33,868
before hitting her mom
in the back of the head.

892
00:46:34,827 --> 00:46:39,035
[Dakota] No one outside America,
and even some inside America,

893
00:46:39,285 --> 00:46:41,535
understands
our relationship with guns.

894
00:46:42,327 --> 00:46:44,743
Our life with Stewart
was full of guns.

895
00:46:45,160 --> 00:46:47,952
We had about 60 loaded rifles
stored all around the house,

896
00:46:48,035 --> 00:46:49,868
so there was always one to hand.

897
00:46:51,493 --> 00:46:53,410
As a libertarian,
Stewart believed

898
00:46:53,493 --> 00:46:56,452
that any gun control laws
were against the Constitution.

899
00:46:57,535 --> 00:46:58,868
Having lots and lots of guns

900
00:46:58,952 --> 00:47:01,327
is completely normal
for many libertarians.

901
00:47:02,327 --> 00:47:05,702
[Dakota] Okay, libertarian.
What is a libertarian?

902
00:47:11,368 --> 00:47:12,743
-[epic music playing]
-[narrator] From the dawn

903
00:47:12,827 --> 00:47:15,660
of history, a better way of life

904
00:47:15,743 --> 00:47:19,452
has been man's dream,
man's goal.

905
00:47:20,243 --> 00:47:23,868
A better way of life
with freedom from the work...

906
00:47:24,993 --> 00:47:28,410
-the worry, the hazards...
-[groans]

907
00:47:28,868 --> 00:47:31,452
...and in time,
they formed a new nation...

908
00:47:32,077 --> 00:47:34,368
dedicated
to a better way of life,

909
00:47:35,202 --> 00:47:39,035
liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness.

910
00:47:39,993 --> 00:47:42,285
[bluesy music playing]

911
00:47:42,785 --> 00:47:46,035
[Dakota] A libertarian believes
in liberty for the individual...

912
00:47:47,368 --> 00:47:48,577
political freedom,

913
00:47:48,993 --> 00:47:52,327
freedom of thought,
freedom of choice.

914
00:47:53,368 --> 00:47:55,327
-Freedom is everything.
-Uh-huh.

915
00:47:56,410 --> 00:47:57,952
Freedom is the red line

916
00:47:58,035 --> 00:48:00,202
worth defending
by any means necessary.

917
00:48:01,243 --> 00:48:03,243
This is why,
for the libertarian,

918
00:48:03,493 --> 00:48:05,618
the gun is such
a fundamental thing.

919
00:48:06,743 --> 00:48:10,910
No one quotes Marx more
than American libertarians

920
00:48:10,993 --> 00:48:14,368
reciting that political power
flows from the barrel of a gun

921
00:48:14,743 --> 00:48:19,035
for making society unfriendly
to a military occupation...

922
00:48:20,118 --> 00:48:21,285
or a police state.

923
00:48:21,827 --> 00:48:23,618
[interviewer] You are promising
America tonight,

924
00:48:23,952 --> 00:48:28,410
you would never abuse power
as retribution against anybody.

925
00:48:28,493 --> 00:48:29,493
Except for day one.

926
00:48:29,785 --> 00:48:31,660
[Dakota] When Trump first
stepped up to politics,

927
00:48:31,743 --> 00:48:33,160
libertarians loved him.

928
00:48:33,910 --> 00:48:36,452
He seemed to stand for
everything they understood,

929
00:48:36,785 --> 00:48:38,452
someone completely outside

930
00:48:38,535 --> 00:48:39,660
-the political system...
-[crowd cheering]

931
00:48:39,993 --> 00:48:41,327
...someone who feels comfortable

932
00:48:41,410 --> 00:48:43,327
putting the needs
of the individual first.

933
00:48:44,285 --> 00:48:45,827
But once he got
into the White House,

934
00:48:45,910 --> 00:48:47,702
we all witnessed
his limitations.

935
00:48:48,493 --> 00:48:50,035
For the Libertarians,
this centered around

936
00:48:50,118 --> 00:48:52,327
his lack of respect
for the Constitution.

937
00:48:53,910 --> 00:48:54,952
After January 6th,

938
00:48:55,285 --> 00:48:57,785
even Stewart struggled
to be convinced by him.

939
00:48:58,785 --> 00:49:01,410
I think Trump
is a buffoon, frankly.

940
00:49:01,993 --> 00:49:04,535
I think he's an egomaniac,
just wanted to be president,

941
00:49:04,618 --> 00:49:05,618
and he got in there

942
00:49:05,702 --> 00:49:06,827
and didn't know
what he was doing.

943
00:49:07,535 --> 00:49:09,910
Just straight up, okay?

944
00:49:11,368 --> 00:49:13,868
He's not the sharpest tack
in the box.

945
00:49:14,577 --> 00:49:15,910
And he doesn't know
the Constitution.

946
00:49:16,618 --> 00:49:18,452
He has no concept
of how it works.

947
00:49:18,535 --> 00:49:19,910
He's in favor
of stop-and-frisk,

948
00:49:20,202 --> 00:49:23,118
in favor of red flag bills,
you know, we'll do...

949
00:49:23,535 --> 00:49:25,660
"take the guns now,
worry about due process later."

950
00:49:25,743 --> 00:49:27,868
The guy doesn't understand
the Constitution, okay?

951
00:49:27,952 --> 00:49:29,368
That's just the hard truth.

952
00:49:29,452 --> 00:49:30,743
[Dakota]
We should stop this here.

953
00:49:31,577 --> 00:49:34,243
Now, this doesn't mean
Stewart wouldn't back Trump.

954
00:49:34,327 --> 00:49:35,785
He obviously still does.

955
00:49:36,785 --> 00:49:39,535
People like Stewart
will forgive Trump anything,

956
00:49:39,952 --> 00:49:41,410
because he's on their side.

957
00:49:42,702 --> 00:49:44,077
So, moving on.

958
00:49:44,827 --> 00:49:47,618
The place of gun rights
in the US Constitution

959
00:49:47,702 --> 00:49:48,868
is the Second Amendment.

960
00:49:51,035 --> 00:49:53,035
"The right of the people
to keep and bear arms

961
00:49:53,118 --> 00:49:54,327
shall not be infringed."

962
00:49:55,785 --> 00:49:57,827
All Americans
have a very strong view

963
00:49:57,910 --> 00:49:59,160
about the Second Amendment,

964
00:49:59,827 --> 00:50:02,577
even those that have
no interest in politics.

965
00:50:03,743 --> 00:50:07,285
You know, I kind of stray away
from anybody

966
00:50:07,368 --> 00:50:09,702
who kind of speaks against
the Second Amendment.

967
00:50:09,785 --> 00:50:11,952
I mean, you know, 'cause...

968
00:50:12,910 --> 00:50:13,868
I mean,

969
00:50:14,160 --> 00:50:16,327
who are you gonna depend on
if you can't depend on yourself?

970
00:50:18,493 --> 00:50:20,285
Britt, if you call the police,
how long it take?

971
00:50:21,952 --> 00:50:23,577
[Britt] Right now,
I mean, in Dallas...

972
00:50:23,660 --> 00:50:26,368
[clears throat]
...30, 45 minutes. Easy.

973
00:50:26,452 --> 00:50:28,160
Now, think about this.

974
00:50:28,785 --> 00:50:31,618
If I was coming to your house
to do malice,

975
00:50:32,035 --> 00:50:35,035
how much damage do you think
I can do to you, your house,

976
00:50:35,118 --> 00:50:36,660
and your family in 30 minutes?

977
00:50:37,952 --> 00:50:39,077
By myself?

978
00:50:40,285 --> 00:50:42,035
Think if I got two
or three people with me...

979
00:50:43,452 --> 00:50:46,827
you know, so,
I don't get behind any gun ban

980
00:50:46,910 --> 00:50:50,785
or any ban to restrict
magazine capacity. For what?

981
00:50:51,368 --> 00:50:53,202
You know what I mean?
Like, I don't want a fair fight

982
00:50:53,285 --> 00:50:54,577
if I gotta defend my life.

983
00:50:54,660 --> 00:50:56,910
Like, shit, hell,
I think every house

984
00:50:56,993 --> 00:50:58,910
should have at least two guns.

985
00:50:59,285 --> 00:51:02,243
AR-15, AK, shotgun, whatever
you can get your hands on

986
00:51:02,327 --> 00:51:05,452
to help better defend you.
You know what I mean?

987
00:51:05,535 --> 00:51:07,285
Hell, you don't want
the fight to be fair.

988
00:51:07,368 --> 00:51:10,285
You don't ever want a gunfight
to be a fair gunfight.

989
00:51:10,368 --> 00:51:11,327
Who does that?

990
00:51:12,118 --> 00:51:14,577
Shit, if you got three rounds,
or four rounds, or five rounds,

991
00:51:14,660 --> 00:51:17,243
and I got 30, you should've
bought more bullets.

992
00:51:18,952 --> 00:51:21,410
[bluesy music playing]

993
00:51:24,243 --> 00:51:25,743
[Whip] Now I'm indicted...

994
00:51:28,993 --> 00:51:30,535
so everything has changed.

995
00:51:38,243 --> 00:51:39,493
Generally,
when you get indicted,

996
00:51:39,577 --> 00:51:41,577
they treat you like
you've already been convicted.

997
00:51:41,660 --> 00:51:44,077
No matter
what the Constitution says,

998
00:51:44,410 --> 00:51:47,868
the DOJ don't give a shit about
your constitutional right.

999
00:51:49,702 --> 00:51:52,118
And it's generally
for the safety of, like...

1000
00:51:53,368 --> 00:51:55,077
the officers
coming to your house.

1001
00:51:56,410 --> 00:51:57,952
So,
when I knew I was indicted...

1002
00:51:59,327 --> 00:52:00,785
took all my shit out the house.

1003
00:52:03,118 --> 00:52:05,202
I wasn't going to let them
seize my weapons.

1004
00:52:08,285 --> 00:52:09,952
Some people might say...
[chuckles]

1005
00:52:10,035 --> 00:52:11,452
...this is a bit excessive.

1006
00:52:12,368 --> 00:52:13,493
[stammers]

1007
00:52:14,035 --> 00:52:17,868
But, you know,
it's a collection.

1008
00:52:17,952 --> 00:52:20,618
I mean,
weapons are tools for me.

1009
00:52:21,577 --> 00:52:23,243
And, you know,
I like collecting shit, too.

1010
00:52:23,327 --> 00:52:25,868
Like, I got a lever action
somewhere.

1011
00:52:26,285 --> 00:52:29,077
One of these bags.
Might be this one.

1012
00:52:30,577 --> 00:52:31,577
Yeah.

1013
00:52:32,660 --> 00:52:34,743
Well, you know,
get my John Wayne on.

1014
00:52:36,743 --> 00:52:37,660
I mean, hell, man, I like...

1015
00:52:38,660 --> 00:52:39,952
I like guns,
'cause they're guns.

1016
00:52:40,035 --> 00:52:41,035
I like shooting.

1017
00:52:42,493 --> 00:52:44,868
I mean, it's a sport.
It's recreational.

1018
00:52:45,285 --> 00:52:46,368
It's relaxing.

1019
00:52:46,785 --> 00:52:48,952
Hell, it's peaceful
on the gun range.

1020
00:52:49,035 --> 00:52:51,910
You know, nothing but you,
God, and the weapon.

1021
00:52:54,785 --> 00:52:57,160
I might have 20
or more weapons here.

1022
00:52:58,577 --> 00:52:59,660
[chuckles softly]

1023
00:53:00,202 --> 00:53:02,910
Like another 15 or 20
at the other spot

1024
00:53:02,993 --> 00:53:04,327
where I got my other weapons at.

1025
00:53:07,743 --> 00:53:09,660
Hell, there's ten in this box.

1026
00:53:12,577 --> 00:53:16,285
What, what'd they say?
Pray for peace, prepare for war?

1027
00:53:16,785 --> 00:53:19,493
[bluesy music playing]

1028
00:53:19,827 --> 00:53:22,160
[train tire screech]

1029
00:53:27,618 --> 00:53:29,743
[Dakota] While awaiting trial,
Stewart has been held

1030
00:53:29,827 --> 00:53:31,452
in a Washington, D.C. jail.

1031
00:53:31,868 --> 00:53:34,160
He's been sending out
recorded statements.

1032
00:53:36,868 --> 00:53:38,077
[Stewart]
This is Stewart Rhodes,

1033
00:53:38,160 --> 00:53:39,118
founder of Oath Keepers.

1034
00:53:39,202 --> 00:53:42,202
I'm speaking to you
from solitary confinement.

1035
00:53:43,327 --> 00:53:45,327
I've been held
in solitary confinement

1036
00:53:45,410 --> 00:53:48,785
for nine months now
on 22-hour-a-day lockdown.

1037
00:53:49,327 --> 00:53:51,243
I only get out of my cell
two hours a day.

1038
00:53:51,618 --> 00:53:53,160
Some of my co-defendants
have been

1039
00:53:53,243 --> 00:53:56,327
held in solitary confinement
for 18 months, awaiting trial.

1040
00:53:57,535 --> 00:54:01,243
You could look at the endurance
of Nelson Mandela,

1041
00:54:01,660 --> 00:54:03,243
who was in prison for 20 years,

1042
00:54:03,785 --> 00:54:06,285
and he maintained his innocence
and did not bend the knee.

1043
00:54:06,660 --> 00:54:09,243
So that's my model.
That's what I intend to do.

1044
00:54:11,410 --> 00:54:13,452
Our show trial begins next week.

1045
00:54:14,327 --> 00:54:16,243
I do not expect a fair trial.

1046
00:54:17,243 --> 00:54:18,410
We will still fight,

1047
00:54:19,410 --> 00:54:20,660
and with God's grace

1048
00:54:20,743 --> 00:54:23,368
perhaps God can touch the hearts
and minds of the jurors

1049
00:54:23,785 --> 00:54:25,368
to open their eyes to the truth

1050
00:54:25,452 --> 00:54:27,868
and give them the courage
to do what's right.

1051
00:54:29,077 --> 00:54:30,202
God bless America.

1052
00:54:37,618 --> 00:54:39,118
[Dakota] In 2018,

1053
00:54:39,202 --> 00:54:41,368
in the isolation
of our Montana home...

1054
00:54:42,243 --> 00:54:43,785
-[pensive music playing]
-...we, his family,

1055
00:54:43,868 --> 00:54:45,785
had become imprisoned
with Stewart,

1056
00:54:45,868 --> 00:54:47,577
along with his all-consuming,

1057
00:54:47,660 --> 00:54:49,743
ever-increasing
amounts of crazy.

1058
00:54:51,785 --> 00:54:53,327
As per Stewart's orders,

1059
00:54:53,577 --> 00:54:56,368
we maintained
operational security.

1060
00:54:56,827 --> 00:54:59,327
No one,
even inside Oath Keepers,

1061
00:54:59,618 --> 00:55:01,368
knew what was happening
in our home.

1062
00:55:02,202 --> 00:55:04,743
Alone in a house filled
with enough paranoia

1063
00:55:04,827 --> 00:55:06,702
and weaponry
to start a small war,

1064
00:55:07,410 --> 00:55:08,785
something had to change.

1065
00:55:10,743 --> 00:55:12,285
[tense music playing]

1066
00:55:14,368 --> 00:55:16,285
[Dakota] We had this plan
fully developed

1067
00:55:17,118 --> 00:55:19,702
for a long time scale

1068
00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:25,952
before we started to think
that our mom might be on board.

1069
00:55:27,160 --> 00:55:28,577
[Tasha] They brought me
into what they called

1070
00:55:28,660 --> 00:55:29,827
their kid meetings,

1071
00:55:30,285 --> 00:55:33,910
and just sort of told me,
"You got to get out of this."

1072
00:55:34,452 --> 00:55:36,160
And they could help.

1073
00:55:36,618 --> 00:55:38,868
Stewart was becoming
increasingly unstable,

1074
00:55:39,327 --> 00:55:42,243
and was talking about
moving us to Alaska.

1075
00:55:42,327 --> 00:55:47,827
So the worst-case scenario
became, in the near future,

1076
00:55:47,910 --> 00:55:52,743
being in the hills somewhere,
much more isolated

1077
00:55:52,827 --> 00:55:54,702
and much farther away
from escape

1078
00:55:54,785 --> 00:55:56,118
than we were at the time.

1079
00:55:57,743 --> 00:56:00,368
[Tasha] It took me about six
months to find an attorney...

1080
00:56:01,785 --> 00:56:04,077
because nobody
wanted to deal with this.

1081
00:56:06,077 --> 00:56:07,493
In October...

1082
00:56:10,702 --> 00:56:14,452
2017, I finally found one.

1083
00:56:15,327 --> 00:56:18,243
We met with her,
and we made a plan.

1084
00:56:21,202 --> 00:56:24,452
We jokingly,
in kind of a fit of dark humor,

1085
00:56:24,535 --> 00:56:25,993
called it
the "Trying Not to Die Plan."

1086
00:56:33,660 --> 00:56:35,493
[Dakota]
We had set things in motion

1087
00:56:35,577 --> 00:56:40,618
that were not cancelable.
My mom had filed for divorce,

1088
00:56:40,868 --> 00:56:43,702
and we had gotten
the paperwork together

1089
00:56:43,785 --> 00:56:46,243
to file
for the restraining order.

1090
00:56:46,702 --> 00:56:49,618
The retainer on the lawyer
had been paid.

1091
00:56:51,035 --> 00:56:54,452
We'd been smuggling guns
out of the house

1092
00:56:54,535 --> 00:56:57,202
to sell for the down payment
on the attorney,

1093
00:56:57,285 --> 00:57:00,118
and for living expenses
in the immediate aftermath.

1094
00:57:00,993 --> 00:57:04,118
And none of that
could be taken back.

1095
00:57:06,285 --> 00:57:09,285
[Tasha] My attorney filed
for divorce on February 9th...

1096
00:57:10,743 --> 00:57:11,743
and then we made a plan

1097
00:57:11,827 --> 00:57:13,952
to try to get out
the night of the 12th,

1098
00:57:14,035 --> 00:57:16,243
because we thought
there was a good chance

1099
00:57:16,327 --> 00:57:19,993
the sheriff would serve
the divorce papers to him

1100
00:57:20,618 --> 00:57:22,577
that next day,
is what my attorney thought.

1101
00:57:23,702 --> 00:57:26,868
And she said, you know,
you make your escape and you go,

1102
00:57:27,493 --> 00:57:29,535
you file for the temporary
restraining order.

1103
00:57:30,952 --> 00:57:31,952
So...

1104
00:57:33,035 --> 00:57:34,535
I did everything
I could to get him

1105
00:57:34,618 --> 00:57:35,993
in the best mood possible.

1106
00:57:37,577 --> 00:57:40,285
The night before,
we went on a little date.

1107
00:57:40,743 --> 00:57:42,243
We had a romantic evening.

1108
00:57:45,160 --> 00:57:46,202
[sighs]

1109
00:57:47,743 --> 00:57:48,827
Everything was set.

1110
00:57:49,952 --> 00:57:52,577
And I got really hit
with this feeling of...

1111
00:57:53,785 --> 00:57:55,993
[sighs]
"Why do we have to do this?"

1112
00:57:57,035 --> 00:57:58,535
Maybe we could just not do it,

1113
00:57:58,618 --> 00:58:00,243
and everything
could just stay the same.

1114
00:58:03,202 --> 00:58:05,035
And I set the plates
on the table.

1115
00:58:05,618 --> 00:58:08,202
And we had a normal dinner
and everything.

1116
00:58:08,868 --> 00:58:11,952
And everything's going to change
the next day. And I really...

1117
00:58:12,577 --> 00:58:14,035
I kept thinking...

1118
00:58:16,577 --> 00:58:17,910
"I hope we all live
through this."

1119
00:58:17,993 --> 00:58:19,410
"I hope we all live
through this."

1120
00:58:19,493 --> 00:58:21,702
[foreboding music playing]

1121
00:58:24,077 --> 00:58:27,493
[Dakota] All of this planning
that had gone into it.

1122
00:58:27,577 --> 00:58:30,327
And on the final day,

1123
00:58:30,410 --> 00:58:34,202
Stewart woke up at 4:00 a.m.
in a manic frenzy.

1124
00:58:34,285 --> 00:58:35,993
So, at the time that
we should have been

1125
00:58:36,077 --> 00:58:37,827
slipping out
while he was asleep,

1126
00:58:38,285 --> 00:58:41,702
and doing the last loading
of the truck before dawn,

1127
00:58:42,160 --> 00:58:45,577
Stewart was rampaging
around the house,

1128
00:58:45,660 --> 00:58:48,410
frantically rearranging
survival gear.

1129
00:58:48,493 --> 00:58:49,410
[thudding]

1130
00:58:50,660 --> 00:58:51,827
[Tasha] We were like,
"There's no way

1131
00:58:51,910 --> 00:58:54,035
-he's gonna go to bed."
-[glass breaking]

1132
00:58:54,785 --> 00:58:57,785
[Tasha] So, we just said,
"We're going to take this

1133
00:58:58,368 --> 00:59:00,160
broken oven," whatever it was,
"to the dump."

1134
00:59:00,243 --> 00:59:02,285
"We'll load it up in the truck
and take it to the dump."

1135
00:59:03,452 --> 00:59:05,327
And we acted like
it was just Dakota and I,

1136
00:59:05,410 --> 00:59:07,743
but the kids were all hiding
in Dakota's truck.

1137
00:59:09,410 --> 00:59:11,285
[truck engine rumbling]

1138
00:59:12,993 --> 00:59:16,160
[Dakota] At the last second,
Stewart ran out onto the porch

1139
00:59:16,243 --> 00:59:17,702
and started yelling
from the porch

1140
00:59:17,785 --> 00:59:19,577
as we were pulling out
into the driveway.

1141
00:59:19,868 --> 00:59:20,910
[Tasha]
We thought we were caught.

1142
00:59:21,327 --> 00:59:24,702
Like, what do we do?
Do we floor it and run?

1143
00:59:24,952 --> 00:59:26,785
But we didn't. We stopped.
And he said,

1144
00:59:26,868 --> 00:59:28,952
"Hey, pick up some steaks
on your way home."

1145
00:59:29,660 --> 00:59:30,743
[laughs]

1146
00:59:31,202 --> 00:59:34,785
And...
"Okay, okay, we'll do that."

1147
00:59:34,868 --> 00:59:37,327
And I just drove out.

1148
00:59:38,660 --> 00:59:39,660
And...

1149
00:59:40,577 --> 00:59:43,702
I applied for
a temporary restraining order.

1150
00:59:44,202 --> 00:59:46,952
I walked into
the police department here,

1151
00:59:47,868 --> 00:59:50,660
and they said... [clicks tongue]

1152
00:59:52,493 --> 00:59:55,368
"Best bet,
get back in your car...

1153
00:59:56,410 --> 00:59:57,868
go on back to your husband,

1154
00:59:58,243 --> 00:59:59,702
and pretend none of this
ever happened."

1155
01:00:00,243 --> 01:00:01,952
"That's the best thing
you can do right now."

1156
01:00:02,035 --> 01:00:03,493
"That's the best thing."

1157
01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:05,702
"We're not really
equipped to deal with this."

1158
01:00:07,368 --> 01:00:09,702
"And you're in the middle
of a divorce."

1159
01:00:10,410 --> 01:00:12,618
"A restraining order has to go
through the court system."

1160
01:00:12,702 --> 01:00:15,035
"That's not something
we can do here." [inhales]

1161
01:00:16,202 --> 01:00:18,910
So, they told me
I had to go up to Libby,

1162
01:00:19,493 --> 01:00:21,660
which, you know, that's a two
and a half hour drive...

1163
01:00:23,410 --> 01:00:26,368
over the mountains in February.
[chuckles softly]

1164
01:00:29,160 --> 01:00:30,160
So, we did that.

1165
01:00:32,285 --> 01:00:33,785
And I went
into the justice court,

1166
01:00:34,243 --> 01:00:35,743
and I filled out the form.

1167
01:00:37,035 --> 01:00:38,368
And then, they said,

1168
01:00:38,910 --> 01:00:41,702
"Yeah,
this isn't going to work."

1169
01:00:42,410 --> 01:00:43,910
[chuckles] And so, then I went
to the district court,

1170
01:00:43,993 --> 01:00:45,368
and I filled out their form.

1171
01:00:46,535 --> 01:00:48,660
And they said,
"Well, we'll let you know."

1172
01:00:49,577 --> 01:00:52,952
Ultimately, the restraining
order was denied.

1173
01:00:54,160 --> 01:00:55,618
When we did go back
to the house,

1174
01:00:55,868 --> 01:00:58,743
Stewart was gone.
He never came back.

1175
01:01:00,327 --> 01:01:01,493
But we felt scared.

1176
01:01:02,743 --> 01:01:05,035
So, we stayed up in shifts.

1177
01:01:06,327 --> 01:01:07,743
And we just took turns

1178
01:01:07,827 --> 01:01:10,952
guarding the living room
with a rifle. [chuckles]

1179
01:01:11,493 --> 01:01:14,160
Like, I feel proud of myself
for all of the hard work

1180
01:01:14,243 --> 01:01:16,910
that went into arranging
that and facilitating it.

1181
01:01:17,452 --> 01:01:21,868
And I feel proud of Stewart's
profound sense of betrayal

1182
01:01:21,952 --> 01:01:24,160
that he expressed
to many people after the fact.

1183
01:01:24,827 --> 01:01:29,660
And I worked that angle.
I would send him,

1184
01:01:30,118 --> 01:01:33,410
like, flattering,
ego-stroking text messages

1185
01:01:33,493 --> 01:01:35,035
about the important work
he was doing

1186
01:01:35,118 --> 01:01:37,118
and how I was praying
that he would stay safe,

1187
01:01:37,577 --> 01:01:39,452
so that he would keep
his mood buoyed up

1188
01:01:39,535 --> 01:01:41,493
while he was out
on Oath Keepers operations

1189
01:01:41,577 --> 01:01:45,993
and stay longer with the bros
and give us more time to act.

1190
01:01:46,618 --> 01:01:48,702
Like, I faked it...

1191
01:01:49,785 --> 01:01:52,493
for that two years. [sniffles]

1192
01:01:52,827 --> 01:01:58,368
and put on the world's
greatest facade of being...

1193
01:02:00,118 --> 01:02:02,535
a true and loyal son,
and true believer.

1194
01:02:14,077 --> 01:02:15,868
[reporter] The founder
of the far-right Oath Keepers

1195
01:02:15,952 --> 01:02:18,077
organization,
Stewart Rhodes has testified

1196
01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:19,618
-in his own defense today...
-[soft music playing]

1197
01:02:19,702 --> 01:02:21,827
...at his seditious conspiracy
trial here in Washington.

1198
01:02:21,910 --> 01:02:24,827
Elmer Stewart Rhodes
is coming across as a smart,

1199
01:02:24,910 --> 01:02:26,077
articulate person.

1200
01:02:26,577 --> 01:02:28,827
He's trying
to establish a rapport

1201
01:02:28,910 --> 01:02:31,910
and trying to tell the jury
a little bit about who he is.

1202
01:02:34,285 --> 01:02:35,410
[Tasha sighs]

1203
01:02:36,868 --> 01:02:38,327
Well, him taking
the stand makes me,

1204
01:02:38,410 --> 01:02:39,535
I don't know,
it makes me nervous.

1205
01:02:39,618 --> 01:02:41,077
It makes me nervous
for multiple reasons.

1206
01:02:43,077 --> 01:02:44,993
I know he thinks
he can sway people.

1207
01:02:47,493 --> 01:02:50,618
He thinks
he's a traveling preacher.

1208
01:02:51,202 --> 01:02:56,035
And he's going to... [chuckles]
He's going to save himself.

1209
01:02:59,118 --> 01:03:01,785
Just trying to pick and choose
what I'm selling in here.

1210
01:03:03,452 --> 01:03:06,410
I'm about at the end of things.
I've got no child support.

1211
01:03:09,410 --> 01:03:12,493
So, I'm bringing in
some magazines, and...

1212
01:03:13,743 --> 01:03:14,952
hope that'll bring in
some money,

1213
01:03:15,035 --> 01:03:17,660
and going to try to sell
some of these guns.

1214
01:03:17,743 --> 01:03:21,702
But honestly,
they're just in such bad shape.

1215
01:03:21,785 --> 01:03:23,118
I don't know if they're
gonna wanna buy them.

1216
01:03:24,785 --> 01:03:26,618
They were Stewart's
when we were married.

1217
01:03:27,577 --> 01:03:29,702
Honestly, these are the ones
he left behind.

1218
01:03:30,160 --> 01:03:31,243
[recorder beeps]

1219
01:03:31,618 --> 01:03:33,535
[Stewart] No matter how long
they imprison us,

1220
01:03:33,618 --> 01:03:34,993
we will maintain our innocence.

1221
01:03:35,702 --> 01:03:38,952
And I think it's important
for us to not give an inch

1222
01:03:39,743 --> 01:03:43,410
and to always maintain
the legitimacy of a protest,

1223
01:03:43,827 --> 01:03:47,743
and the illegitimacy
of this post-constitution,

1224
01:03:47,827 --> 01:03:49,118
fraudulent regime.

1225
01:03:52,577 --> 01:03:53,910
And you're going
to face betrayal.

1226
01:03:53,993 --> 01:03:55,160
Christ was betrayed.

1227
01:03:55,785 --> 01:03:57,160
He suffered false witnesses.

1228
01:03:58,452 --> 01:04:01,743
Keep your perspective
about your mission.

1229
01:04:02,202 --> 01:04:04,035
Do not give up is the ambition.

1230
01:04:08,827 --> 01:04:10,827
[Tasha] When you're trying
to keep yourself safe,

1231
01:04:10,910 --> 01:04:13,660
and you're in a really
unsafe situation...

1232
01:04:15,077 --> 01:04:17,285
it feels like
you have two options.

1233
01:04:18,243 --> 01:04:19,827
You can hide.

1234
01:04:21,493 --> 01:04:24,827
And... you can hide
and stay very hidden.

1235
01:04:29,118 --> 01:04:34,660
Or... you can be very,
very out front in public

1236
01:04:34,743 --> 01:04:36,285
so that everybody's watching.

1237
01:04:37,535 --> 01:04:42,410
And it seemed like hiding
wasn't really an option for us.

1238
01:04:43,285 --> 01:04:45,285
[TV host] My next guest knows
the Oath Keepers

1239
01:04:45,368 --> 01:04:46,702
better than just about anyone.

1240
01:04:46,785 --> 01:04:48,535
Tasha Adams is married to

1241
01:04:48,618 --> 01:04:51,868
and estranged from Oath Keeper
leader Stewart Rhodes.

1242
01:04:51,952 --> 01:04:54,785
Every moment
he wasn't personally

1243
01:04:54,868 --> 01:04:56,827
terrorizing us as a family,

1244
01:04:57,160 --> 01:05:01,118
he was preparing to terrorize
the rest of the nation.

1245
01:05:01,910 --> 01:05:05,118
He believes that
he is sort of a chosen person.

1246
01:05:05,202 --> 01:05:06,368
And I think he believes

1247
01:05:06,452 --> 01:05:08,660
he almost has magical powers,
so that he can...

1248
01:05:08,743 --> 01:05:12,868
[chuckles] He's chosen
to rise up and be this...

1249
01:05:13,368 --> 01:05:14,660
what my kids mockingly call

1250
01:05:14,743 --> 01:05:16,285
"The King of The Apocalypse."
[chuckles]

1251
01:05:16,368 --> 01:05:18,702
What do you want the world
to know about him?

1252
01:05:18,785 --> 01:05:20,618
I want them to know
he's dangerous.

1253
01:05:20,993 --> 01:05:22,118
He's a monster.

1254
01:05:22,410 --> 01:05:24,702
Every moment
was about manipulation.

1255
01:05:24,785 --> 01:05:27,202
Every moment was about
controlling the fear.

1256
01:05:27,285 --> 01:05:29,202
[bell ringing]

1257
01:05:30,327 --> 01:05:32,243
[Tasha] After they did
a series of interviews,

1258
01:05:32,327 --> 01:05:35,077
I noticed a coldness
around town.

1259
01:05:35,910 --> 01:05:38,118
Because I didn't just
call out Stewart,

1260
01:05:38,202 --> 01:05:39,243
I called out the movement.

1261
01:05:39,702 --> 01:05:44,243
And most people feel
very supportive of January 6th.

1262
01:05:45,535 --> 01:05:47,868
The cashiers weren't
asking me about my day.

1263
01:05:48,243 --> 01:05:49,952
Maybe roll their eyes
and just like,

1264
01:05:50,035 --> 01:05:51,077
"What do you want?"

1265
01:05:52,618 --> 01:05:54,952
You know, I turned my back
on my husband,

1266
01:05:55,035 --> 01:05:56,993
and I'm supposed
to be supporting him

1267
01:05:57,077 --> 01:06:00,202
in this difficult time,
and one day I'll get mine.

1268
01:06:00,868 --> 01:06:02,577
So, I got a lot
of messages like that.

1269
01:06:04,618 --> 01:06:06,868
I mean, he was digging tunnels
to run from the feds

1270
01:06:06,952 --> 01:06:09,285
in my yard
long before Bundy Ranch.

1271
01:06:09,368 --> 01:06:12,410
So, even the FBI asked me, like,

1272
01:06:12,493 --> 01:06:13,910
"What was he digging
the tunnels for?"

1273
01:06:13,993 --> 01:06:16,702
"Who was he running from?"
I have no idea.

1274
01:06:17,993 --> 01:06:20,202
I need him at least put away
until the kids are safe,

1275
01:06:20,785 --> 01:06:23,785
until the kids... the youngest
kid turns 18. That's ten years.

1276
01:06:24,285 --> 01:06:26,452
So, that's what
I need out of it,

1277
01:06:26,535 --> 01:06:28,160
is for him to be
put away that long.

1278
01:06:29,410 --> 01:06:32,243
[TV host] In court documents,
it's noted that you testified

1279
01:06:32,327 --> 01:06:35,368
that he would often brandish
firearms in the family home.

1280
01:06:38,452 --> 01:06:40,910
Maybe it's because
I was born in Vegas. [inhales]

1281
01:06:41,785 --> 01:06:43,827
It's like betting
on something, right?

1282
01:06:44,452 --> 01:06:46,702
I put it all, I bet everything

1283
01:06:46,993 --> 01:06:49,660
on him being locked away
forever. [breathes shakily]

1284
01:07:09,493 --> 01:07:11,993
[birds chirping]

1285
01:07:14,410 --> 01:07:17,118
[solemn music playing]

1286
01:07:32,743 --> 01:07:34,493
[TV host] How important
is the outcome

1287
01:07:34,577 --> 01:07:36,535
for how this is viewed?

1288
01:07:36,910 --> 01:07:39,785
I can't believe it.
I think he's a true believer

1289
01:07:39,868 --> 01:07:41,077
that's been set up
this whole time.

1290
01:07:41,743 --> 01:07:43,868
[reporter] This has to
result in a conviction,

1291
01:07:43,952 --> 01:07:46,660
because much more than the law,
we're talking about

1292
01:07:46,743 --> 01:07:48,952
a fight for the soul
of this nation.

1293
01:07:50,327 --> 01:07:51,493
[Tasha] Notifications again.

1294
01:07:52,160 --> 01:07:53,160
[gasps]

1295
01:07:56,577 --> 01:07:59,077
Hey, guys, there's a verdict.
We don't know what it is yet.

1296
01:08:01,827 --> 01:08:02,910
The judge says,

1297
01:08:02,993 --> 01:08:06,785
"We have received a note
from our jury that simply says,

1298
01:08:06,868 --> 01:08:08,993
'Verdict reached.'" [sniffles]

1299
01:08:09,618 --> 01:08:12,368
Wait. Wait. Hold on.
Are they reading it?

1300
01:08:18,035 --> 01:08:20,160
No. That can't be.
Is that right?

1301
01:08:22,535 --> 01:08:23,493
[sighs]

1302
01:08:25,035 --> 01:08:27,577
[sobs]

1303
01:08:29,035 --> 01:08:31,077
"Stewart..." [sobs]

1304
01:08:31,452 --> 01:08:34,785
"Stewart Ross is found guilty
of seditious conspiracy."

1305
01:08:35,035 --> 01:08:37,035
[sniffles, chuckles]

1306
01:08:37,618 --> 01:08:40,452
-Oh, shit. [groans]
-[somber music playing]

1307
01:08:43,952 --> 01:08:45,868
[sobs]

1308
01:08:57,243 --> 01:08:59,993
The government's evidence showed
that almost immediately

1309
01:09:00,077 --> 01:09:02,202
following
the November 2020 election,

1310
01:09:02,535 --> 01:09:05,577
defendant Stewart Rhodes,
the founder and leader

1311
01:09:05,660 --> 01:09:06,785
of the Oath Keepers,

1312
01:09:06,868 --> 01:09:09,243
began planning
to oppose by force

1313
01:09:09,577 --> 01:09:11,410
the peaceful transfer of power.

1314
01:09:11,868 --> 01:09:13,410
[reporter]
The jury was told that Rhodes

1315
01:09:13,493 --> 01:09:15,202
desperately tried
to get in touch with

1316
01:09:15,285 --> 01:09:17,618
then-President Trump
after the 2020 election

1317
01:09:17,952 --> 01:09:20,493
to convince him
to seize voting machines

1318
01:09:20,577 --> 01:09:23,660
and invoke the Insurrection Act
to stay in power.

1319
01:09:23,743 --> 01:09:26,785
He needs to know from you
that you are with him,

1320
01:09:26,868 --> 01:09:30,368
that he does not do it now
while he is Commander in Chief.

1321
01:09:30,452 --> 01:09:32,660
We're going to have to do it
ourselves later

1322
01:09:32,743 --> 01:09:35,910
in a much more desperate,
much more bloody war.

1323
01:09:36,160 --> 01:09:37,535
Let's get it on now

1324
01:09:37,618 --> 01:09:41,243
while he is still
the Commander in Chief. Hooah!

1325
01:09:41,535 --> 01:09:42,952
[reporter 1] "We aren't
getting through this

1326
01:09:43,035 --> 01:09:44,035
without a civil war."

1327
01:09:44,118 --> 01:09:46,493
He said days after
the insurrection that, quote,

1328
01:09:46,785 --> 01:09:48,118
"My only regret is that

1329
01:09:48,202 --> 01:09:49,868
they should have
brought rifles."

1330
01:09:49,952 --> 01:09:53,285
"We could have fixed it
right there and then."

1331
01:09:53,368 --> 01:09:54,368
[reporter 2]
Eighteen years.

1332
01:09:54,452 --> 01:09:56,035
That is the sentence
a federal judge

1333
01:09:56,118 --> 01:09:58,493
handed down
to Elmer Stewart Rhodes.

1334
01:09:58,577 --> 01:10:00,743
In delivering the sentence,
Judge Amit Mehta

1335
01:10:00,827 --> 01:10:03,368
said Rhodes presents
an ongoing threat

1336
01:10:03,452 --> 01:10:06,118
and a peril to this country
and to the republic

1337
01:10:06,202 --> 01:10:08,452
and to the very fabric
of this democracy.

1338
01:10:09,285 --> 01:10:11,243
[dramatic music playing]

1339
01:10:11,827 --> 01:10:13,452
[Dakota] Shortly after
his conviction,

1340
01:10:13,535 --> 01:10:15,327
we had the final
divorce hearing,

1341
01:10:15,410 --> 01:10:18,535
and Stewart never logged into
his Zoom link from prison.

1342
01:10:19,410 --> 01:10:23,702
With this one last no-show,
my mom was finally divorced.

1343
01:10:24,868 --> 01:10:27,327
Freedom from Stewart
released us, his family,

1344
01:10:27,410 --> 01:10:28,327
from his views,

1345
01:10:28,410 --> 01:10:30,577
although escaping
the apocalyptic thinking

1346
01:10:30,660 --> 01:10:32,785
he drilled into us is much,
much harder.

1347
01:10:33,827 --> 01:10:36,743
And apocalyptic thinking is now
everywhere,

1348
01:10:37,202 --> 01:10:40,410
alongside newer, more extreme
versions of Stewart.

1349
01:10:40,660 --> 01:10:41,577
You swore an oath

1350
01:10:41,660 --> 01:10:43,160
to uphold the Constitution
of the United States.

1351
01:10:43,243 --> 01:10:44,243
Get your hands off the gun.

1352
01:10:44,618 --> 01:10:45,743
[Dakota] Like Mike Dunn,

1353
01:10:45,827 --> 01:10:48,202
who was only 19
when he helped to popularize

1354
01:10:48,285 --> 01:10:50,202
the militia group,
the Boogaloo Boys.

1355
01:10:50,285 --> 01:10:51,743
-Stop pushing me!
-[officer] You're pushing me.

1356
01:10:51,827 --> 01:10:53,660
[Alex] Mike Dunn is a well-known
Boogaloo boy,

1357
01:10:53,743 --> 01:10:56,577
a constitutional adherent,
20-year-old former

1358
01:10:56,660 --> 01:10:59,035
Trump-supporter-
turned-libertarian.

1359
01:10:59,118 --> 01:11:00,993
I guess he was
in the Marines too as well.

1360
01:11:01,077 --> 01:11:03,118
-So, Mike, thanks for coming on.
-[Mike] Thank you, Alex.

1361
01:11:04,493 --> 01:11:06,952
To start with,
we see people like you, Alex,

1362
01:11:07,035 --> 01:11:09,743
who... used to be my hero
as a young man,

1363
01:11:10,368 --> 01:11:12,202
we see y'all bendin'
the knee repeatedly.

1364
01:11:12,285 --> 01:11:14,243
You have your talk shows,
you give your speeches,

1365
01:11:14,327 --> 01:11:15,868
but y'all don't actually
stand against tyranny,

1366
01:11:15,952 --> 01:11:17,118
and that's disheartening
as a young man.

1367
01:11:17,410 --> 01:11:19,827
The idea that you portray
and the message that you carry

1368
01:11:20,493 --> 01:11:23,035
-sometimes tend to look like...
-[epic music playing]

1369
01:11:23,118 --> 01:11:24,410
...you're just there
to create merch.

1370
01:11:24,785 --> 01:11:26,327
But your generation
and the ones before you,

1371
01:11:26,410 --> 01:11:28,285
they put it on
my generation's heads.

1372
01:11:28,368 --> 01:11:29,952
My generation didn't stand down.

1373
01:11:31,077 --> 01:11:32,452
It's the fact that you're doing
the same thing

1374
01:11:32,535 --> 01:11:33,952
that's been done for years,
and it's not

1375
01:11:34,035 --> 01:11:35,910
accomplishing anything.
The only thing that's gonna

1376
01:11:35,993 --> 01:11:37,577
accomplish it
is forcing a revolution.

1377
01:11:38,910 --> 01:11:41,577
I am not doing the same thing.
I'm not Democrat, Republican.

1378
01:11:41,660 --> 01:11:43,118
I'm exposing
the globalist program.

1379
01:11:43,202 --> 01:11:44,910
Do you understand
that information is powerful?

1380
01:11:44,993 --> 01:11:46,035
They're scared of it?

1381
01:11:46,827 --> 01:11:47,827
You're talking.

1382
01:11:47,910 --> 01:11:49,452
That's all you're doing.
You're doing the same thing

1383
01:11:49,535 --> 01:11:50,577
that's been done
for years, brother.

1384
01:11:50,660 --> 01:11:53,535
We're done talking.
We're done doing all of this.

1385
01:11:53,618 --> 01:11:55,285
We're going to go out there
and take a stand next.

1386
01:11:55,368 --> 01:11:57,952
As horrible as war is,
if they want a war,

1387
01:11:58,035 --> 01:11:59,993
let it begin with us
because our fathers didn't.

1388
01:12:00,077 --> 01:12:02,202
No offense, Alex,
but your generation didn't.

1389
01:12:02,785 --> 01:12:04,327
And so our children
don't have to.

1390
01:12:07,077 --> 01:12:09,535
We see it as,
there has to be a revolution.

1391
01:12:09,827 --> 01:12:12,368
[gunshots]

1392
01:12:12,868 --> 01:12:15,202
[Dakota] For Mike, the police
are part of the problem

1393
01:12:15,618 --> 01:12:17,202
and therefore a target.

1394
01:12:18,493 --> 01:12:20,202
He and his group
arrange protests

1395
01:12:20,285 --> 01:12:22,618
with the aim of provoking them
into a response.

1396
01:12:24,285 --> 01:12:25,660
[indistinct chatter]

1397
01:12:25,910 --> 01:12:27,827
[Mike] We have one million
police officers in the US

1398
01:12:27,910 --> 01:12:30,535
who are funded like a military,
armed like a military,

1399
01:12:30,618 --> 01:12:32,535
equipped like a military,
trained like a military,

1400
01:12:32,910 --> 01:12:36,785
and act like
professional military units.

1401
01:12:37,493 --> 01:12:39,452
We might as well
prepare for war with them.

1402
01:12:39,702 --> 01:12:40,868
They are the standing army

1403
01:12:40,952 --> 01:12:42,035
that our forefathers
warned against.

1404
01:12:42,618 --> 01:12:45,868
Are we all in agreement
that nobody gets arrested today?

1405
01:12:45,952 --> 01:12:47,452
-We all in agreement on that?
-[man clears throat]

1406
01:12:47,535 --> 01:12:49,035
-[man] Absolutely.
-[Mike] Good. So,

1407
01:12:49,368 --> 01:12:52,577
if a police officer begins
to harass any one of you

1408
01:12:52,660 --> 01:12:54,910
or attempt to arrest you,
I will put myself physically

1409
01:12:55,285 --> 01:12:56,910
between that officer and you.

1410
01:12:57,493 --> 01:12:58,952
At that point,
if they proceeded,

1411
01:12:59,035 --> 01:13:00,243
a warning would be given.

1412
01:13:00,327 --> 01:13:02,910
And after that, y'all know
that we will defend ourselves

1413
01:13:02,993 --> 01:13:05,785
within the protected rights
enshrined in the Constitution.

1414
01:13:07,410 --> 01:13:09,160
Either we all come home
or nobody comes home.

1415
01:13:11,285 --> 01:13:12,577
We've got several boys
coming out

1416
01:13:12,660 --> 01:13:14,410
that have had
their wills notarized.

1417
01:13:15,243 --> 01:13:17,118
I've written notes
to my loved ones

1418
01:13:17,202 --> 01:13:18,827
and let them know where

1419
01:13:19,202 --> 01:13:20,952
to find them
if I don't make it home.

1420
01:13:24,327 --> 01:13:27,160
And certain people
that mean a lot to me

1421
01:13:27,660 --> 01:13:30,118
will receive notes from me
if I don't make it home.

1422
01:13:32,660 --> 01:13:35,118
And... I mean,

1423
01:13:35,868 --> 01:13:37,868
as prepared as we can be,
I reckon, so.

1424
01:13:43,410 --> 01:13:45,368
[Dakota] I could easily
have been Mike...

1425
01:13:46,702 --> 01:13:48,577
had I followed
my father's ambition.

1426
01:14:01,660 --> 01:14:04,160
[indistinct chatter]

1427
01:14:04,743 --> 01:14:07,160
[reporter] In a defiant protest
against the arrest of four men

1428
01:14:07,243 --> 01:14:09,452
who carried firearms
to a school board building,

1429
01:14:10,035 --> 01:14:12,327
the Boogaloo Boys assembled
at the same property

1430
01:14:12,410 --> 01:14:14,202
with more men and larger guns.

1431
01:14:15,035 --> 01:14:16,577
They were effectively
daring the police

1432
01:14:16,660 --> 01:14:17,827
to try to arrest them.

1433
01:14:18,660 --> 01:14:21,535
Ultimately, no police officers
responded to the scene.

1434
01:14:24,410 --> 01:14:26,452
I figured the sheriff's office
would show up a lot.

1435
01:14:26,535 --> 01:14:27,535
I figured they'd show up here.

1436
01:14:27,618 --> 01:14:29,035
Maybe they're just
lettin' y'all be.

1437
01:14:29,118 --> 01:14:30,952
[bluesy music playing]

1438
01:14:31,035 --> 01:14:33,118
[Dakota] For Stewart,
and maybe Dunn too,

1439
01:14:33,202 --> 01:14:36,660
an apocalyptic future seems
to actually make more sense

1440
01:14:37,160 --> 01:14:38,827
than the one
we are currently living in.

1441
01:14:39,952 --> 01:14:43,035
It's about control,
security, and I suppose,

1442
01:14:43,118 --> 01:14:44,535
a fear of the unknown.

1443
01:14:45,952 --> 01:14:48,118
[Mike] Now we got a guy
with a speaker and a microphone

1444
01:14:48,202 --> 01:14:49,327
coming up here.

1445
01:14:49,827 --> 01:14:51,618
[Dakota] But America
is the land of the free.

1446
01:14:52,910 --> 01:14:56,493
What could be more uncontrolled
or unknown than that?

1447
01:14:57,410 --> 01:15:00,243
[protestor 1] Mike Dunn,
you're a shit-talking,

1448
01:15:00,327 --> 01:15:02,160
loud-mouthed
little dumpy motherfucker.

1449
01:15:02,993 --> 01:15:04,702
Fuck you and fuck the police.

1450
01:15:06,952 --> 01:15:08,827
-Fuck the police.
-Police are good, man.

1451
01:15:08,910 --> 01:15:10,160
No, they're not.
No police are good.

1452
01:15:10,243 --> 01:15:11,160
All cops are bad.

1453
01:15:11,243 --> 01:15:13,035
-We're gonna have to disagree.
-We're gonna have to disagree.

1454
01:15:13,118 --> 01:15:14,868
-But we all dislike Mike Dunn.
-[protestor 3] Me and you

1455
01:15:14,952 --> 01:15:16,493
gonna have a problem
if you say, "Fuck the police."

1456
01:15:16,577 --> 01:15:18,035
[protestor 1]
Well, fuck the police, sir.

1457
01:15:18,118 --> 01:15:19,993
-There are good people here.
-No, they're not.

1458
01:15:20,077 --> 01:15:21,952
-All cops are bastards.
-[protestor 2] Where are they?

1459
01:15:22,035 --> 01:15:23,368
Where are they for this guy?

1460
01:15:23,452 --> 01:15:24,577
[protestor 1] Why are they
not doing anything?

1461
01:15:24,660 --> 01:15:25,743
[protestor 2] Where are they
here to get him

1462
01:15:25,827 --> 01:15:26,743
off the school property?

1463
01:15:26,827 --> 01:15:28,077
[protestor 1] Where's your cops
doing something?

1464
01:15:28,160 --> 01:15:29,118
[protestor 2]
Yet again, Mike Dunn

1465
01:15:29,202 --> 01:15:30,202
gets to break the wall.

1466
01:15:30,285 --> 01:15:31,868
-[protestor 3] Call them.
-[protestor 1] You call them.

1467
01:15:31,952 --> 01:15:33,785
You call them.
Your law enforcement is allowing

1468
01:15:33,868 --> 01:15:35,368
these men to stand on
your school property with guns.

1469
01:15:35,452 --> 01:15:37,118
You think the police need
to come arrest me for talking?

1470
01:15:37,202 --> 01:15:39,160
-Guys, relax. Smoke a joint.
-[protestor 2] We love the cops.

1471
01:15:39,243 --> 01:15:40,910
And then Mike Dunn tells 'em
how much he loves 'em...

1472
01:15:40,993 --> 01:15:42,743
[protestor 1] Don't tell me
what to do. Fuck you.

1473
01:15:42,827 --> 01:15:44,577
..."Tyrannical government.
It's a tyrannical government."

1474
01:15:44,660 --> 01:15:45,577
"We love you."

1475
01:15:45,660 --> 01:15:49,160
[indistinct chatter]

1476
01:15:49,452 --> 01:15:52,952
Well, I am happy he's exercising
his right to protest,

1477
01:15:53,410 --> 01:15:55,118
and I support that 100 percent.

1478
01:15:55,618 --> 01:15:56,785
[protestor 1] Fuck Mike Dunn!

1479
01:15:58,702 --> 01:16:01,077
[Dakota] For Stewart,
the future he seemed to want

1480
01:16:01,160 --> 01:16:03,327
actually looked
a lot more like the past.

1481
01:16:05,202 --> 01:16:08,910
And I'm not sure that living
in an imagined bygone world

1482
01:16:09,202 --> 01:16:11,785
where men are men
would really suit me.

1483
01:16:11,868 --> 01:16:13,827
[solemn music playing]

1484
01:16:14,785 --> 01:16:17,827
[Dakota] Now, I can decide
who I want to be

1485
01:16:18,077 --> 01:16:19,910
and what I want to believe in.

1486
01:16:21,202 --> 01:16:24,702
So, I've chosen to lightly
engage with politics.

1487
01:16:25,868 --> 01:16:27,160
I'm doing some canvassing

1488
01:16:27,243 --> 01:16:29,493
for some Independent
and Democrat candidates.

1489
01:16:30,452 --> 01:16:31,660
It gives me a chance to see

1490
01:16:31,743 --> 01:16:33,410
what people really feel
about things.

1491
01:16:33,868 --> 01:16:37,660
[birds chirping]

1492
01:16:46,077 --> 01:16:47,243
[dog barking]

1493
01:16:47,993 --> 01:16:49,952
[Dakota sighs] Okay.

1494
01:16:52,493 --> 01:16:55,243
Nobody home,
which seems to be...

1495
01:16:55,868 --> 01:16:56,993
I am showing up

1496
01:16:57,077 --> 01:17:00,577
when no one is home about
three-quarters of the time.

1497
01:17:04,993 --> 01:17:06,202
Hello.

1498
01:17:06,535 --> 01:17:07,993
[interviewee] Take them
Democrats and shove them

1499
01:17:08,077 --> 01:17:09,493
right up your fucking ass.

1500
01:17:09,577 --> 01:17:11,035
[Dakota] Do you want me
to leave a flyer?

1501
01:17:11,118 --> 01:17:12,618
-[interviewee] Absolutely not.
-All right.

1502
01:17:13,493 --> 01:17:15,618
-[interviewee] A Dumbocrat.
-All right.

1503
01:17:16,160 --> 01:17:16,993
[interviewee] Bullshit.

1504
01:17:17,077 --> 01:17:18,327
[Dakota]
Well, you have a good evening.

1505
01:17:23,993 --> 01:17:26,993
[pensive music playing]

1506
01:17:27,410 --> 01:17:28,535
[Trump]
Take a look at your cities.

1507
01:17:28,618 --> 01:17:29,827
Your cities are going to hell.

1508
01:17:29,910 --> 01:17:31,202
You take a look at
what's going on.

1509
01:17:31,285 --> 01:17:33,827
They're filthy dirty.
They're crime-ridden.

1510
01:17:34,493 --> 01:17:36,618
And an entire generation
of young people

1511
01:17:36,702 --> 01:17:38,660
could very well be decimated.

1512
01:17:38,743 --> 01:17:41,368
And it'll never happen with me,
I can tell you that.

1513
01:17:41,452 --> 01:17:45,327
-It will never happen with me.
-[crowd cheering]

1514
01:17:48,077 --> 01:17:51,368
And if I win,
we will treat those people

1515
01:17:51,452 --> 01:17:55,952
from January 6th fairly.
We will treat them fairly.

1516
01:17:56,702 --> 01:18:00,285
And if it requires pardons,
we will give them pardons.

1517
01:18:07,785 --> 01:18:10,368
[Tasha] I have definitely
been keeping

1518
01:18:10,452 --> 01:18:12,077
the idea of a Trump victory,

1519
01:18:12,702 --> 01:18:15,327
not just in the back
of my mind, but... [sighs]

1520
01:18:17,035 --> 01:18:20,243
...that whole idea is something
I've been completely ignoring.

1521
01:18:22,368 --> 01:18:24,243
Yeah, the idea
that he could be pardoned.

1522
01:18:28,077 --> 01:18:29,077
Yeah.

1523
01:18:30,118 --> 01:18:32,452
But if... You know.

1524
01:18:32,868 --> 01:18:36,577
That was a big bet,
and I could still lose.

1525
01:18:40,702 --> 01:18:44,535
[Trump] Friends, delegates,
and fellow citizens,

1526
01:18:45,077 --> 01:18:47,868
we will have
an incredible victory,

1527
01:18:48,243 --> 01:18:49,368
and we will begin

1528
01:18:49,452 --> 01:18:52,202
-the four greatest years...
-[crowd cheering]

1529
01:18:52,493 --> 01:18:54,618
...in the history of
our country.

1530
01:18:57,160 --> 01:18:58,327
That sucks.

1531
01:19:02,452 --> 01:19:04,077
[Dakota] Stewart would
most likely say

1532
01:19:04,160 --> 01:19:06,368
that him being a threat
to us is laughable.

1533
01:19:07,952 --> 01:19:10,160
But after the years
of apocalyptic anxiety

1534
01:19:10,243 --> 01:19:13,118
he drilled into us, it's hardly
surprising we feel this way.

1535
01:19:17,243 --> 01:19:20,785
Even as a little kid,

1536
01:19:21,827 --> 01:19:24,410
I was extremely conscious of...

1537
01:19:25,368 --> 01:19:29,035
not having the connection
that I wanted with my father.

1538
01:19:30,202 --> 01:19:32,868
When I wouldn't say
the right things

1539
01:19:32,952 --> 01:19:35,660
or respond in the right way
and he would get upset,

1540
01:19:35,993 --> 01:19:38,535
I thought that was something
wrong with me,

1541
01:19:38,618 --> 01:19:41,035
and that just got
worse with time.

1542
01:19:42,202 --> 01:19:45,952
It left me
with a lifelong feeling

1543
01:19:46,368 --> 01:19:49,243
of being defective
and inadequate.

1544
01:19:50,118 --> 01:19:52,493
I've struggled
to make connections

1545
01:19:52,577 --> 01:19:57,452
and make friends and interact
with people in regular life.

1546
01:20:01,160 --> 01:20:02,993
In point of fact,

1547
01:20:03,452 --> 01:20:06,993
for a long time,
I was actively suicidal.

1548
01:20:07,077 --> 01:20:09,535
[foreboding music playing]

1549
01:20:09,618 --> 01:20:12,452
[Dakota] I looked up a chart
of the exact angle

1550
01:20:13,118 --> 01:20:15,202
for shooting yourself
with a pistol to make sure

1551
01:20:15,285 --> 01:20:17,285
that you don't
accidentally survive

1552
01:20:17,368 --> 01:20:19,077
with a hole through
the back of your neck

1553
01:20:19,952 --> 01:20:23,243
and a spinal cord
or a brain injury.

1554
01:20:24,160 --> 01:20:27,827
And I saved that to my computer,
and that was my plan

1555
01:20:27,910 --> 01:20:32,743
for the next step
for after I made sure

1556
01:20:32,827 --> 01:20:35,327
that the rest of my family
was okay.

1557
01:20:38,410 --> 01:20:43,743
Because I was so afraid
of becoming like Stewart

1558
01:20:43,827 --> 01:20:46,327
that I didn't think that
I was ever going to be happy

1559
01:20:46,410 --> 01:20:48,035
in life as myself anyway.

1560
01:20:56,702 --> 01:21:01,285
[crowd chanting] USA! USA! USA!

1561
01:21:24,160 --> 01:21:26,785
[soft music playing]

1562
01:21:30,410 --> 01:21:31,952
[train horn blaring]

1563
01:21:36,660 --> 01:21:38,452
[Tasha] I don't know
what the future holds.

1564
01:21:40,077 --> 01:21:41,993
All I know is
I won't run and hide,

1565
01:21:42,077 --> 01:21:43,452
and neither will my kids.

1566
01:21:48,118 --> 01:21:50,577
I thought, maybe I just need
to start again.

1567
01:21:51,535 --> 01:21:52,660
And this sounds
a little radical,

1568
01:21:52,743 --> 01:21:54,535
but I threw out
everything I owned,

1569
01:21:55,285 --> 01:21:58,618
and I moved into a really
generic Airbnb with two boxes

1570
01:21:59,077 --> 01:22:02,993
and a trash bag of clothes,
and that's it.

1571
01:22:06,327 --> 01:22:11,535
And I never felt so peaceful
because I just wanted to just...

1572
01:22:13,327 --> 01:22:16,452
not be this Tasha and that Tasha

1573
01:22:16,535 --> 01:22:18,535
and not be everywhere
spreading myself thin,

1574
01:22:18,618 --> 01:22:21,368
trying to make safe spaces
and umbrellas for everyone.

1575
01:22:21,452 --> 01:22:23,327
I just wanted
to shut it all down

1576
01:22:23,618 --> 01:22:24,868
and just kind of restart.

1577
01:22:29,743 --> 01:22:33,285
And... Dakota's finally...

1578
01:22:34,493 --> 01:22:38,410
finding a place
where he can be himself.

1579
01:22:38,493 --> 01:22:39,993
[music playing on radio]

1580
01:22:40,077 --> 01:22:43,160
[indistinct chatter]

1581
01:22:43,243 --> 01:22:45,702
[Tasha] And he can do
what he's good at.

1582
01:22:49,493 --> 01:22:53,618
♪ I tried to tell ya
Or she won't buy me ♪

1583
01:22:54,493 --> 01:22:56,368
♪ No rubber dolly ♪

1584
01:22:59,452 --> 01:23:02,577
[Dakota] Hey. Good to see you.
Yeah, thanks for coming out.

1585
01:23:05,410 --> 01:23:07,910
All right, thank you all
for coming out. It's...

1586
01:23:08,535 --> 01:23:10,702
It was certainly something
opening the door

1587
01:23:10,785 --> 01:23:12,618
and seeing everybody in here.

1588
01:23:13,743 --> 01:23:14,910
A lot of you do know me,

1589
01:23:14,993 --> 01:23:17,577
but just briefly for people
that I'm meeting tonight

1590
01:23:17,660 --> 01:23:19,702
for the first time,
my name is Dakota Adams.

1591
01:23:20,077 --> 01:23:23,702
I am the estranged eldest son
of Elmer Stewart Rhodes,

1592
01:23:23,785 --> 01:23:25,493
the founder and president
of Oath Keepers

1593
01:23:25,577 --> 01:23:28,410
and one of the ringleaders for
the January 6th insurrection.

1594
01:23:28,952 --> 01:23:31,077
And my family
has been in the area

1595
01:23:31,160 --> 01:23:33,827
since we moved to Trego
to wait out the apocalypse.

1596
01:23:34,660 --> 01:23:35,743
Hasn't happened yet.

1597
01:23:37,702 --> 01:23:39,785
I am applying to be
your representative

1598
01:23:39,868 --> 01:23:41,868
in the Montana State Legislature

1599
01:23:42,243 --> 01:23:46,327
to extend the ideals
of community service

1600
01:23:46,410 --> 01:23:48,243
and civic responsibility.

1601
01:23:49,160 --> 01:23:51,535
[crowd applauding]

1602
01:23:51,952 --> 01:23:56,202
[somber music playing]

1603
01:23:57,868 --> 01:24:00,327
[Dakota] So, this is the part
of the film where,

1604
01:24:00,410 --> 01:24:01,410
with rousing music,

1605
01:24:02,160 --> 01:24:04,243
I emerge heroically
as a Democrat.

1606
01:24:06,160 --> 01:24:09,035
I think overall
I fit better with them.

1607
01:24:09,827 --> 01:24:12,493
What I believe in
is collaborative government,

1608
01:24:12,993 --> 01:24:14,077
cooperative government

1609
01:24:14,160 --> 01:24:16,993
that is not some
distant antagonistic force

1610
01:24:17,077 --> 01:24:21,243
strange to you but a structure
put together by you, the people.

1611
01:24:21,327 --> 01:24:23,118
Stewart used to give speeches
where he would say,

1612
01:24:23,202 --> 01:24:26,868
"Trust no one. In the end,
you only have yourself."

1613
01:24:29,118 --> 01:24:31,743
But treating everyone
as the enemy is exhausting

1614
01:24:31,827 --> 01:24:33,618
and just makes paranoia worse.

1615
01:24:35,243 --> 01:24:38,993
So, I choose to try
and live my life without fear.

1616
01:24:40,993 --> 01:24:42,577
[Tasha]
You're really good at this.

1617
01:24:43,202 --> 01:24:44,243
I hope so!

1618
01:24:46,077 --> 01:24:47,327
To engage with people...

1619
01:24:49,827 --> 01:24:51,077
and maybe use my experience

1620
01:24:51,160 --> 01:24:52,493
to help bring
some understanding.

1621
01:24:59,243 --> 01:25:00,993
And whatever happens
with Stewart,

1622
01:25:01,952 --> 01:25:04,243
this time,
I'm choosing to live in a world

1623
01:25:04,327 --> 01:25:06,993
without the apocalypse
as my future.

1624
01:25:13,368 --> 01:25:15,618
Until next time.
This is Dakota Adams,

1625
01:25:15,702 --> 01:25:16,785
signing off.

1626
01:25:17,743 --> 01:25:21,077
["Ring of Fire" playing]

1627
01:25:31,910 --> 01:25:33,368
-[cameraman] Thanks, Dakota.
-[Dakota] All righty.

1628
01:25:33,785 --> 01:25:35,702
Well, I hope you are happy
with the footage.

1629
01:25:35,785 --> 01:25:40,285
I kind of think that I'm never
going to put this on again.

1630
01:25:41,410 --> 01:25:43,952
I think I...
I meant to have sold it.

1631
01:25:45,035 --> 01:25:48,327
-♪ Bound by wild desire ♪
-[grunts]

1632
01:25:50,368 --> 01:25:53,660
♪ I fell in
To your ring of fire ♪

1633
01:25:56,118 --> 01:26:00,577
♪ I fell into
A burning ring of fire ♪

1634
01:26:00,660 --> 01:26:05,952
♪ I went down, down, down
And the flames got higher ♪

1635
01:26:06,035 --> 01:26:09,035
♪ And it burns, burns, burns ♪

1636
01:26:09,660 --> 01:26:11,577
♪ The ring of fire ♪

1637
01:26:12,535 --> 01:26:14,452
♪ The ring of fire ♪

1638
01:26:19,327 --> 01:26:22,493
♪ The ring of fire ♪

1639
01:26:24,743 --> 01:26:27,493
♪ Let me burn
In your ring of fire ♪

1640
01:26:30,577 --> 01:26:32,910
♪ Look out, baby ♪

1641
01:26:34,702 --> 01:26:38,535
♪ And the flame went higher
And higher and higher ♪

1642
01:26:41,452 --> 01:26:44,993
♪ Let me burn
In the ring of fire ♪

1643
01:26:46,410 --> 01:26:49,077
♪ Let me burn, baby ♪

1644
01:26:56,827 --> 01:27:00,327
♪ The fire burns
And the fire learns ♪

1645
01:27:01,327 --> 01:27:04,993
♪ Oh, I'm burning
Away now, baby ♪

1646
01:27:05,077 --> 01:27:08,035
♪ Burning up
In the ring of fire ♪

1647
01:27:09,660 --> 01:27:11,952
♪ Well, I'm burning... ♪

1648
01:27:12,035 --> 01:27:13,743
[music concludes]