Nearly a week after getting slapped down by the federal judge overseeing his criminal case, Oath Keepers founder Elmer Stewart Rhodes III filed a flurry of new motions asking that a special master be appointed to oversee discovery evidence, separating his case from other co-defendants, and again requesting a trial delay.
Within hours, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta denied the motions, writing that he would explain his decision at a Sept. 14 pretrial conference.
