After being charged with seditious conspiracy on Thursday for his position within the January 6 riot at the US Capitol, a photograph of Stewart Rhodes emerged displaying him at a well-liked, annual conservative convention.

Rhodes, who's described because the chief of the far-right militia group the Oath Keepers, was noticed on the Conservative Political Motion Convention (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas in July 2021. Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn, North Carolina Consultant Madison Cawthorn and former President Donald Trump had been amongst those that addressed attendees on the three-day convention in Dallas. Former President Trump's handle on the July 2021 convention was his second time talking to the group since leaving workplace.

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Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks throughout the Conservative Political Motion Convention CPAC held on the Hilton Anatole on July 11, 2021 in Dallas, Texas. A photograph has emerged of Steward Rhodes, the chief of the Oath Keepers, at CPAC 2021 in Dallas. (Picture by Brandon Bell/Getty Photos)Brandon Bell/Getty Photos

On the time of his look on the conservative gathering, a number of federal businesses had been investigating Rhodes' group for his or her involvement with the riot.

Court docket paperwork confirmed that Rhodes was taken into custody Thursday in Texas. He was one in every of 11 folks charged Thursday with seditious conspiracy. If discovered responsible, Rhodes faces as much as 20 years in jail.

The Southern Poverty Regulation Middle (SPLC) mentioned the Oath Keepers is likely one of the "largest far-right anti-government teams" in the US in the present day. In accordance with the SPLC, the group's beliefs are "primarily based on a set of baseless and conspiracy theories concerning the federal authorities working to destroy People' liberties."

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This picture from U.S. Capitol Police safety video, contained within the grievance in opposition to Billy Knutson, exhibits Knutson, annotated by the supply, contained in the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Knutson was charged Wednesday with storming the U.S. Capitol. He carried out rap songs concerning the riot in movies posted on his YouTube channel, federal authorities say.Division of Justice through AP

Additionally on Thursday, a brand new photograph of Donald Trump Jr. surfaced. The photograph in query confirmed the president's son holding a fish whereas sporting a Three Percenters t-shirt with "MAGA" throughout the underside. The tweet displaying the photograph of Trump Jr. says, "The son of the previous President brazenly supported a far proper army group that has sworn to kill legislation enforcement and army with a purpose to overthrow the US authorities in the future."

In accordance with the Anti-Defamation League, the Three Percenters are a bunch comprised of "anti-government extremists who're a part of the militia motion. They evaluate their hostility to the federal authorities with the opposition of American patriots to the British throughout the American Revolution."

In accordance with their web site, "the Conservative Political Motion Convention [CPAC] is the most important and most influential gathering of conservatives on the planet. Launched in 1974, CPAC brings collectively tons of of conservative organizations, hundreds of activists, hundreds of thousands of viewers and the very best and brightest leaders on the planet."

CPAC 2022 is scheduled to happen in Orlando, Florida from February 24-27.

Newsweek reached out to CPAC for remark.