Oath Keeper charged with overseeing Jan. 6 weapons stockpile jailed pending trial

Members of the Oath Keepers are pictured on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. | Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Photo

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Edward Vallejo, an Oath Keeper indicted last week on charges of seditious conspiracy to prevent the transfer of power from Donald Trump to Joe Biden last year, has been ordered detained pending trial.

A federal magistrate judge in Arizona on Thursday found that the evidence prosecutors amassed against Vallejo, 63, showed that he presented an ongoing danger to society.

The judge, John Boyle, said prosecutors had presented compelling evidence that Vallejo was prepared to shuttle a

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