Leaked information shows an Alaska state representative is a member of a far-right, militant organization, multiple national news organizations reported on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Membership information from far-right websites<\/a> that leaked last month shows state Rep. David Eastman, R-Wasilla, is a lifetime member of the Oath Keepers, as reported by Alpha XR News and other organizations.<\/a> <\/p>\n Elmer Stewart Rhodes founded the Oath Keepers in 2009<\/a>, following the election of Barack Obama, according to Southern Poverty Law Center<\/a>, an organization that monitors hate groups and extremists.<\/p>\n Rhodes has publicly declared falsely that the 2016 election was stolen and characterized the current administration as “communist\/Deep State coup.” Oath Keeper affiliates were charged in connection to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. <\/a><\/p>\n The organization’s name comes from the Oath Keepers’ core principle that members vow to uphold the oath they took as law enforcement or military personnel — even if the group’s interpretation of the Constitution is at odds with lawmakers and judges, according SPLC.<\/p>\n Eastman studied law at the U.S. Military Academy, and after graduating was a military police officer stationed at Fort Richardson; served as provost marshal of Camp Eggers in Kabul, Afghanistan; was appointed as a military summary court martial judge, and served as the Armed Forces Inaugural Committee anti-terrorism branch chief for the 56th Presidential Inauguration in Washington, D.C., according to his Alaska State Legislature biography.<\/a><\/p>\n