A former spokesperson for the Oath Keepers, a far-right militia organization, will appear as a witness at the House Jan. 6 committee's next public hearing on Tuesday, a source familiar with the plans tells NBCNews.
While he was not part of the Oath Keepers, whose members have pleaded guilty toin connection with the riot, during or leading up to Jan. 6, 2021, the source said, Jason Van Tatenhove is expected to speak on the group's propagandization and radicalization over the years, including how founder Stewart Rhodes capitalized on conspiracy theories to build membership and funding.
Van Tatenhove, who was hired as the Oath Keepers' national media director in 2014, has not been actively involved with the group since roughly 2017, the source said. While he was employed by the group, Rhodes even lived with Van Tatenhove for a number of months.what some members of panel have called the “marshaling of the mob” — including evidence of coordination between Trump, his top aides and associates, and white nationalist or militia groups like Oath Keepers and Proud Boys.
Van Tatenhove met with the committee on March 9 for three and a half hours. He had also spoken with the committee virtually prior to his in-person interview, according to Raphael Prober, his attorney. Prober in March described Van Tatenhove as"a former employee of the Oath Keepers who has not been associated with the organization for many years, but who has spoken out, and continues to do so today, about the serious danger that such violent extremist groups pose.”
The committee has not disputed that Van Tatenhove will appear, though it declined to provide further comment.Ali Vitali is a Capitol Hill correspondent for NBC News, based in Washington.
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