A trial is set to begin next week to determine whether Rep. David Eastman’s lifetime membership in the extremist Oath Keepers group disqualifies him to serve as a state legislator.
Members of the Oath Keepers were prominent participants in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. The group’s founder and another leader were recently convicted of seditious conspiracy.
Eastman, R-Wasilla, easily won reelection last month, but an order from Superior Court Judge Jack McKenna has prevented the Division of Elections from certifying his election while the case is pending.
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