Steward Rhodes is the founder of Oath Keepers. This is an extremist group that is anti-government. The group was formed by Steward Rhodes after Barack Obama was elected in 2008.
Stewart Rhodes Age
Steward Rhodes is 55 years old. He was born in the year 1967. His exact birthday is not known yet.
Stewart Rhodes Career
Stewart Rhodes was formerly in the Army— he was a paratrooper. He then worked as a commercial sculptor before going on to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He later plied the trade of a lawyer in Montana after studying constitutional law at Yale University.
Court records show Rhodes was disbarred in Montana in 2015 after a complaint against him by a federal judge who said he ignored judicial orders and a separate complaint from a former client who accused him of abandonment. Rhodes did not respond to requests for comment for this article.
Rhodes believes there is a global oligarchy that will destroy the US, and that the country will be taken over by “Marxist leftists”.
Stewart Rhodes wife
The name of Stewart Rhodes’ wife is Tasha Adams. They have 6 children together. The couple married in 1994 and has been together since. It is rumored that the couple’s relationship has been strained due to Rhodes’ extremism and radical nature.
Buzzfeednews reports that Tasha Adams set up a GoFundMe account to fund her divorce from Rhodes.
Stewart Rhodes Capitol involvement and why he was arrested
Stewart Rhodes was arrested on Thursday, January 13, 2022. He has been charged with seditious conspiracy — a charge which means Rhodes’ group attempted to overthrow the US president with force. This is due to his role in orchestrating a wide-ranging plot to storm the Capitol on January 6, 2021 to disrupt the certification of President Joe Biden as president of the United States of America.
According to reports, Rhodes was detained before 1 pm, this is according to his lawyer, Jonathon Moseley.
Although he did not enter the Capitol on that day, Rhodes has been under investigation for his participation in the Capitol riots since around last spring when he agreed to an interview with F.B.I. agents in Texas despite his lawyer’s advice.
On Jan. 6, he was at the Capitol, interacting with members of his team by smartphone and a chat program, several of whom walked inside.
Stewart Rhodes Net worth
Steward Rhodes’ estimated net worth is $500,000 to $1million. He has quite a following. It’s estimated that his Oath Keepers membership is around 30,000. The yearly dues for members are $50.00 and to be a lifetime member, you need to pay $1,000.00 for an individual or $1,500.00 for a couple).
Who are Oath Keepers?
According to information available on their official website, Oath Keepers are “anyone who takes the Constitution seriously, and wants to preserve and defend it.
Oath Keepers come in all colors, shapes, sizes, ages, and backgrounds with one common bond – the oath to defend the Constitution. If you take your oath seriously, and believe in defending the Constitution against ALL enemies, foreign and domestic, and of whatever political party (there are oath breakers galore in both major parties), and if you stand for the rights of all Americans, at all times, then you are one of us. Join us. We need your help to preserve liberty for our children and grand-children, and for all Americans.”
For the Republic!
Oath Keepers
Why Stewart Rhodes is blind in one eye
One unique thing is about Stewart Rhodes is his black patch that covers his left eye. The story of how he lost his left eye goes that while in the Army, he once mistakenly left a loaded handgun to fall on the floor. After landing, the gun fired on his face, thus, damaging his left eye.
"In 1993, he [Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes] dropped a loaded handgun and it shot him in the face, blinding him in his left eye."
Fitting. pic.twitter.com/ffUt6r86ZY
— Gracie Raw (@Gracie_Raw) October 1, 2020