A lawyer for the far-right Oath Keepers was deemed incompetent and her trial over the Jan. 6 Capitol riot will be delayed

• Kellye SoRelle was charged with conspiracy related to the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021.
• Experts found SoRelle incompetent to stand trial, recommending three to four months of treatment.

A federal judge agreed on Friday to delay the conspiracy trial for a lawyer working with the Oath Keepers, a far-right extremist group, after experts for both prosecutors and defense attorneys deemed her incompetent to stand trial, the Associated Press reported.

The experts found that Kellye SoRelle will likely need three to four months of mental health treatment before the trial can proceed, US District Judge Amit Mehta said at a hearing, according to the Associated Press. SoRelle's defense attorney said she will need to be placed in an in-patient program once a spot is open.

Prosecutors charged SoRelle with conspiracy in September 2022 related to the Capitol riots on January 6, 2021. She's also charged with obstruction of justice by withholding records relevant to the DOJ's grand jury investigation of the Capitol riot.

SoRelle, who was charged in Texas, pled not guilty.

Photos from the riots show SoRelle in attendance alongside Stewart Rhodes, founder and leader of the Oath Keepers. Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other charges in November 2022. According to the Associated Press, SoRelle — who was acting as the general counsel for the Oath Keepers — was also present at a meeting with Rhodes the night before the Capitol riots.

Since 2021, over 1,000 rioters have been arrested and about 485 federal defendants have received sentences, according to Politico. Rhodes, sentenced to 18 years in prison last month, currently holds the longest sentence yet of any convicted January 6 rioter.