Hundreds of law enforcement officers, politicians and armed service members signed up to the far-right Oath Keepers militia, which is linked to the putsch, an analysis of its leaked membership data revealed on Wednesday.The Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism studied the more than 38,000 names on leaked Oath Keepers membership data and identified 81 politicians, 373 law enforcement officers and 117 serving members of the military.Researchers said the high-level recruitment underscores a tactical ‘shift across the far right’ and a bid to gain ‘institutional power’ to advance its aims, which include defending Americans' liberties from a tyrannical government.
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