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Hack Reveals Riverside County Sheriff is a Member of Anti-Government Militia

Several Oath Keepers participated in Capitol attack

Manny Otiko
3 min readOct 8, 2021
Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco (YouTube screengrab)

By: Manny Otiko, IVN

Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco has been hit with a new controversy. Bianco had already courted controversy for refusing to vaccinate his staff members and inmates at the county jail, but now he has been accused of being a member of an anti-government militia.

According to posts on Twitter, Bianco is a member of the Oath Keepers.

Bianco’s name turned up in data hacked from the Oath Keeper’s website. The data was leaked to the media by Distributed Denial of Secrets, a whistleblower group.

Bianco confirmed the news in an interview with USA Today. He said he paid for a membership in 2014. About 200 other active law enforcement officers were members of the group.

The origin of the Oath Keepers

The Oath Keepers is made up of former and current military members, police and emergency…

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him at @mannyotiko.bsky.social

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