AP: “A member of the Oath Keepers militia group charged with plotting with other extremists in the attack on the U.S. Capitol disavowed the anti-government group in a court hearing Friday, telling the judge she is ‘appalled’ by her fellow Oath Keepers and ‘humiliated’ by her arrest. Jessica Watkins, one of nine members and associates of the far-right militia group charged with planning and coordinating with one another in the Jan. 6 siege, said she plans to cancel her Oath Keepers membership and has disbanded her local Ohio militia group. Watkins’ remarks came before the judge ordered her to remain behind bars while she awaits trial.”
“‘I did it out of the love of my country but I think it’s time to let all of that go,’ the Army veteran who ran an Ohio bar said during the hearing held via videoconference. ‘I’m not a criminally minded person… I am humiliated that I am even here today,’ she added. Judge Amit P. Mehta said Watkins was ‘not just a foot soldier’ but actively involved in the planning and organizing of the attack and is too dangerous to be released. More than 250 people have been charged with federal crimes so far as a result of the Jan. 6 insurrection. The case against those affiliated with the Oath Keepers is the largest conspiracy case brought by prosecutors so far in the attack.”