Jason Van Tatenhove biography: 10 things about Oath Keepers’ ex-spokesperson from Colorado

Jason Van Tatenhove is a longtime resident of Colorado, United States. Here are 10 more things about him:

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1. He lives in Esters Park, Colorado.
2. He is a journalist with a news podcast in Esters Park.
3. He used to own a tattoo shop.
4. In 2014, he covered three government standoffs involving the far-right militia group Oath Keepers, including the armed confrontation between law enforcement and cattle rancher Cliven Bundy‘s supporters in Bunkerville, Clark County, Nevada, USA from April 2014 to May 2014.
5. From 2015 to 2016, he was the national media director of the Oath Keepers.
6. As the Oath Keepers spokesperson, he wanted to express support for the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage but the group’s founder Stewart Rhodes did not allow him.
7. He was not want of the people who went to the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., USA on January 6, 2021. That day, Donald Trump supporters breached the building while a joint session of Congress was certifying the vote of the Electoral College and affirming Joe Biden‘s victory in the 2020 presidential election.
8. He was featured in “Homegrown: Standoff to Rebellion,” an ABC News documentary released on Hulu on January 5, 2022.
9. On July 12, 2022, he testified before the U.S. House of Representatives committee investigating the U.S. Capitol riot on January 6, 2021.
10. He was 47 years old when he testified before the U.S. House of Representatives on July 12, 2022.