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U.S. militiaman
Jim Arroyo is an American retired
U.S. Army Ranger ,
Oath Keeper leader and founder of the
Yavapai County Preparedness Team .
Career
Arroyo worked as a U.S. Army Ranger, as a gunsmith and as a survival instructor.
[1] Arroyo was the vice president of the Arizona chapter of the far-right militia the
Oath Keepers in 2021
[2]
[3] and 2022.
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He is the founder of the Yavapai County Preparedness Team.
[5] In 2022 he designed and led an effort to surveil ballot boxes in Arizona, in a program he named Operation: Drop Box .
[1] He stopped the efforts after his organisation was named in a lawsuit by the
League of Women Voters and accused of voter intimidation and breaking the
Voting Rights Act .
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Views
In 2021, Arroyo appeared on CBS Television show
60 Minutes and was interviewed by
Sharyn Alfonsi . On the show he spoke of the Oath Keeper's collaboration with U.S. police and was critical of Oath Keepers leader
Stewart Rhodes .
[9] Arroyo said that he does not accept the results of the
2020 United States presidential election , nor did he support the
January 6 United States Capitol attack .
[10]
Arroyo frequently appeared on the YouTube channel of Prescott eNews. Video titles include "The Coming Civil War? Part 2."
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References
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"In Arizona, ballot drop box vigilante surveillance is shut down, but their wary worldview remains steadfast" . The Globe and Mail . 2022-11-07.
Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27 .
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"Senior Oath Keeper Official Brags They Have 'Active-Duty' Law Enforcement Members" . HuffPost . 2021-04-19.
Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27 .
^ Broadwater, Luke; Rosenberg, Matthew (2021-01-29).
"Republican Ties to Extremist Groups Are Under Scrutiny" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 .
Archived from the original on 2021-01-29. Retrieved 2023-05-27 .
^ MacDonald-Evoy, Jerod (2022-10-14).
"Fringe groups plan to watch AZ ballot drop boxes" .
Arizona Mirror .
Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27 .
^ Teirstein, Zoya (2023-05-17).
"Boots on the Ground" .
Grist .
Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27 .
^ Services, Howard Fischer, Capitol Media (2022-10-27).
"Lions of Liberty stopping its Operational Drop Box monitoring in Yavapai County | Arizona Capitol Times" .
Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27 . {{
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^ MacDonald-Evoy, Jerod (2022-10-26).
"Two lawsuits filed to stop intimidation at ballot drop boxes" .
Arizona Mirror .
Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27 .
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"Judge orders armed group away from Arizona ballot drop boxes" . AP NEWS . 2022-11-02.
Archived from the original on 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2023-05-27 .
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" "60 Minutes" faces pushback for giving Oath Keepers a platform to push lies" . Salon . 2021-04-19.
Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27 .
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"Oath Keepers: How a militia group mobilized in plain sight for the assault on the Capitol" . www.cbsnews.com . 2021-04-18.
Archived from the original on 2023-05-27. Retrieved 2023-05-27 .
^ Crenshaw, Zach (2021-02-19).
"Oath Keepers look to recruit in Arizona with alarmist 'Civil War' rhetoric" . ABC15 Arizona in Phoenix (KNXV) .
Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2023-05-27 .
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