Back
in
2022,
general
counsel
of
the
far-right
militia
Oath
Keepers,
Kellye
SoRelle,
was
indicted
on
four
federal
counts
including
obstruction
of
an
official
proceeding,
conspiring
to
obstruct
that
proceeding,
entering
restricted
grounds,
and
obstruction
of
justice
for
activities
related
to
the
January
6th
coup
attempt.
SoRelle
pleaded
guilty
to
a
felony
charge
of
obstruction
of
justice
and
a
misdemeanor
charge
of
entering
and
remaining
in
a
restricted
building
or
grounds
in
August.
Though
SoRelle
did
not
enter
the
Capitol
building
on
January
6th,
prosecutors
say
she
encouraged
others
to
destroy
evidence
to
conceal
their
involvement.
In
a
new
sentencing
memo, prosecutors
are
seeking
16
months
in
jail
and
three
years
of
supervised
release
for
the
attorney,
noting,
“SoRelle’s
efforts
to
obstruct
the
investigation
into
the
attack
on
the
Capitol,
like
her
participation
in
the
attack
itself,
show
a
disdain
for
the
rule
of
law
that
merits
the
government’s
recommended
sentence.”
SoRelle
will
be
sentenced
January
17th,
just
before
Donald
Trump’s
pardon
power
kicks
back
in.
Trump
had
promised
to
pardon
those
convicted
of
January
6th-related
crimes.
But
J.D.
Vance
has
already
admitted
“there’s
a
little
bit
of
a
gray
area”
regarding
who
will
get
pardons.
SoRelle,
a
family
lawyer
and
failed
GOP
candidate
for
the
Texas
House
of
Representatives,
is
no
stranger
to
controversy.
She
also
announced
that,
in
addition
to
her
role
as
general
counsel
for
the
Oath
Keepers,
she
was
taking
over
acting
president
duties
when
leader
(and
Yale
Law
alum)
Stewart
Rhodes
was
sent
to
prison
for
18
years
for
his
own
January
6th
activities.
SoRelle
also
made
news
when
she,
along
with fired
associate
general
counsel
at
Goosehead
Insurance.
Paul
Davis, filed
a
lawsuit seeking
to
overturn
the
results
of
the
2020
presidential
election.
(That
lawsuit
garnered
a
lot
of
LOLs
in
legal
circles
when
they filed
an
amended
TRO
motion
using
the
completely
fictional
experiences
of
Gondor
—
as
in
The
Lord
of
the
Rings
—
as
precedent.
While
the
case
was
ultimately
dismissed,
there
was
apparently a
split
amongst
the
plaintiffs regarding
what
strategy
to
pursue.)
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