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Look Which Lawyer Is Leading The Oath Keepers Now

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Fresh off the news that Oath Keepers leader — and Yale Law School alum — Stewart Rhodes was arrested for seditious conspiracy in connection with the January 6th attempted coup, the far-right militia has a new acting leader. And it’s another lawyer.

Kellye SoRelle, a family lawyer from Texas and failed GOP candidate for the Texas House of Representatives, issued a statement that she is taking over the reins while Rhodes is indisposed:

“I am currently acting as President of Oath Keepers in lieu of Mr. Rhodes until he is released. He is not guilty of any of the outlandish charges and the organization stands with Mr. Rhodes. I would like for the political parties and politicians to stop dividing the people and using us to promote agendas for their own personal financial gain,” SoRelle said.

This isn’t the first time SoRelle has made news in connection with the 2020 election. She, along with fired associate general counsel and head of human resources at Goosehead Insurance Paul Davis, filed a lawsuit seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The suit claimed it was “not a 2020 presidential election fraud lawsuit,” and alleged changes to election laws in advance of the 2020 election were in violation of the Help America Vote Act (HAVA) which resulted in civil rights violations. And it asked a federal judge to declare all actions of the new Congress — including certification of Joe Biden’s win and the second impeachment of Donald Trump — invalid.

Then the case teetered into Lord of the Rings territory. Oh, you’re not sure why a work of fiction would have a prominent place in a federal lawsuit? Well, that’s why this is so good. They filed an amended TRO motion using the completely fictional experiences of Gondor as precedent. While they case was ultimately dismissed, there was apparently a split amongst the plaintiffs regarding what strategy to pursue (though, tbh, none of them were winners).

And as reported by Rolling Stone, she may not be out of legal hot water herself:

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SoRelle may, herself, be a subject of law enforcement interest. As Mother Jones reported last September, SoRelle’s cell phone was seized on a federal warrant as part of an FBI “seditious conspiracy” investigation.

They also noted:

Rhodes’ arrest blindsided SoRelle. Rolling Stone had been in contact with the lawyer earlier this week while reporting a piece seeking to explain why Rhodes was still a free man. We asked SoRelle if she expected Rhodes to be indicted. “Considering it is a circus/clown show in DC, I have no idea what to expect,” SoRelle responded. “I do believe that there were numerous ‘operations’ in play on the 6th. None of which did Stewart Rhodes orchestrate.”

SoRelle has no idea what’s going on? Color me surprised.

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Kathryn Rubino is a Senior Editor at Above the Law, host of The Jabot podcast, and co-host of Thinking Like A Lawyer. AtL tipsters are the best, so please connect with her. Feel free to email her with any tips, questions, or comments and follow her on Twitter (@Kathryn1).

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