Bobby Kinch (nonfiction)

Bobby Kinch

Rolling Stone article

The Oath Keepers are back. And leaked documents suggest the group is trying to rebuild its brand by targeting youth, and in particular the Boy Scouts.

The infamous paramilitary organization has been in disarray since the group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, was arrested, charged, and convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the events of Jan. 6 — which included positioning armed “quick reaction” strike forces across the river from Washington, D.C., in hopes of participating in a Donald Trump-sanctioned campaign of violence. Rhodes is currently serving 18 years (that is, unless Trump decides to include him in his pardons for the Jan. 6 “hostages”).

The Oath Keepers now have a new brand, Oath Keepers USA, and a new leader named Bobby Kinch, a retired Las Vegas police officer who once gained infamy for making Facebook posts that appeared to call for a race war.

These days, Kinch lives in the mountains of Southwest Utah, and adds a populist topspin to dark visions of impending tyranny: “It doesn’t matter what your political persuasion; because if you’re not one of the wealthy elites, if you’re not one of the Davos, globalist, Marxist, progressive billionaires,” he said on a recent podcast, “you’re going to be in the same box car as everybody else.”

• The Oath Keepers Are Back — and Targeting America’s Youth @ Rolling Stone - The infamous paramilitary group has a new honcho, and designs to influence cops, politicians, and the Boy Scouts

The Guardian article

• Key Oath Keepers leader revealed as former Las Vegas police detective @ The Guardian

- Details about Utah-based Robert Kinch, who backed ‘race war’, suggest rightwing militia has retained links with police (6 January 2025)