Oath Keepers

Retired Navy lieutenant commander recounts FBI raid; court record shows later pardon in Jan. 6 case

11. november 2025 Rapporteret af AI Billede genereret af AI Faktatjekket

Before dawn on January 19, 2021, FBI agents arrested Thomas E. Caldwell at his Virginia farm amid an investigation into the Oath Keepers and the Capitol attack. In an excerpt from his forthcoming memoir, Caldwell describes the encounter and denies being an Oath Keepers member or entering the Capitol; court records show a jury later acquitted him of conspiracy charges, he was convicted of evidence tampering, sentenced to time served, and in March 2025 he received a presidential pardon.