William Todd Wilson, a 44-year-old military and law enforcement veteran, has agreed to cooperate with authorities.
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Mr Wilson has been quite helpful. The assault was planned and he did his planned part of this by stashing weapons in what they called 'quick reaction forces'. The Oath Keepers leader was also in phone contact with an Individual, name unknown.
For two months after the 2020 presidential election, William Todd Wilson made preparations for an attack on the U.S. Capitol from his home in North Carolina, where he was a county leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group. On Jan. 5, 2021, according to court records, he drove to a hotel in Tysons Corner in Virginia with an AR-15-style rifle, a 9mm pistol, about 200 rounds of ammunition, body armor, pepper spray and a large walking stick “intended for use as a weapon,” according to court records filed Wednesday.
Wilson stashed the weapons as part of teams of “quick reaction forces” waiting in various hotels outside of the District, ready to be summoned if needed during the Jan. 6 riot, the court records state.
On Wednesday, Wilson admitted he traveled from Tysons Corner to the Capitol with
Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes that morning, entered the Capitol through the west side and then joined a mob of people who forced open the Rotunda doors on the east side of the building, enabling a column of fellow Oath Keepers to join the melee.
