Two Oath Keepers stormed the Capitol in a 'stolen golf cart'

Members of the Oath Keepers took to stolen golf carts so that they could swerve around law enforcement and storm the Capitol on Jan. 6, according to a recent superseding indictment. 

Joshua James, 33, and Roberto Minuta, 36, became the 11th and 12th defendants charged for conspiring to obstruct Congress by breaching the Capitol, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia.

James, of Arab, Alabama, was detained on March 9 in the town while Minuta, from Prosper, Texas, was arrested on March 7 in Newburgh, New York.

Joshua James, 33, and Roberto Minuta, 36, became the 11th and 12th defendants charged for conspiring to obstruct Congress by breaching the Capitol

Charging document state that the pair communicated with co-conspirators in advance to the riot that resulted in the death of five, reserving hotel rooms and making phone calls the morning of the siege. Members of the Oath Keepers at the Capitol

Both were charged with conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds. They can face 20 years in prison if convicted. 

Charging document state that the pair communicated with co-conspirators in advance to the riot that resulted in the death of five, reserving hotel rooms and making phone calls the morning of the siege. 

In response to a call for individuals to storm the Capitol after it had been breached, James and Minuta drove to the Capitol with others in a pair of golf carts.  

During this time, they swerved ‘around law enforcement vehicles’ with Minuta asserting: ‘Patriots are storming the Capitol… so we’re en route in a grand theft auto golf cart to the Capitol building right now… it’s going down guys; it’s literally going down right now Patriots storming the Capitol building…’

In response to a call for individuals to storm the Capitol after it had been breached, James (right) and Minuta drove to the Capitol with others in a pair of golf carts.

Both James and Minuta were seen pictured with Roger Stone in the 24 hours leading up to the siege. Minuta (left) pictured with Stone on Jan. 6

Once at the Capitol, Minuta aggressively berated and taunted officers who were guarding the perimeter of the Capitol near the East side of the building, the indictment states. 

The pair forcibly entered the building through the east side Rotunda doors at around 3.15pm, which is the same access point their co-conspirators had entered from. 

According to the indictment, Minuta wore hard-knuckle tactical gloves, ballistic goggles, a radio with an earpiece and bear spray. 

As Minuta exited the building at 3.19pm, he was seen on video yelling at an officer: ‘All that’s left is the Second Amendment!’

Once at the Capitol, Minuta aggressively berated and taunted officers who were guarding the perimeter of the Capitol near the East side of the building, the indictment states

Stone and James on Jan. 5 in Washington D.C.

James, Minuta and the other alleged co-conspirators would later meet at 4pm roughly 100ft from the Capitol near the northeast corner of the building. 

Both James and Minuta were seen pictured with Roger Stone in the 24 hours leading up to the siege.

The Oath Keepers are among the largest radical antigovernment groups in the U.S. today, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC).

‘While it claims only to be defending the Constitution, the entire organization is based on a set of baseless conspiracy theories about the federal government working to destroy the liberties of Americans,’ the SPLC state on their website.