据前誓言守卫者杰森·范·塔特霍夫(Jason Van Tatenhove)和一名知情的国会消息人士透露，一年前调查美国国会大厦被围困事件的众议院调查人员联系了誓言守卫者民兵组织的前发言人，试图采访他，询问他与该民兵组织及其创始人斯图尔特·罗兹(Stewart Rhodes)在一起的时间。

要求采访范·塔滕霍夫(Van Tatenhove)的请求表明，众议院调查人员正在广泛撒网，他们在收集有关罗兹的信息，同时等待看他是否会配合他们的调查。

范·塔特霍夫告诉美国广播公司新闻，他计划回答专家组的问题，但他首先寻求法律顾问。

根据国会消息来源，众议院调查人员已经讨论了范·塔特霍夫一天的大部分时间，此前美国广播公司新闻在其新纪录片《本土生长:从对峙到反叛》中对他进行了专题报道，该片目前在Hulu播出，并在周四在线报道他正在努力“赎罪”和“弥补”他在《誓言守护者》中的时间。

美国广播公司新闻

前誓言守护者发言人杰森·范·塔滕霍夫出现在美国广播公司新闻纪录片中.

调查人员两个月前向罗兹发出传票，要求他提供证词和文件，但罗兹尚未出庭或提供文件。

“在1月6日之前，罗兹先生多次建议誓言守护者应该参与暴力活动，以确保他们更喜欢的选举结果，”该委员会在发出传票时的一份声明中说。“据称，1月6日，罗兹在国会大厦遇袭之前、期间和之后都与几名被起诉的誓言守护者成员有过接触，包括在国会大厦外与其中一些人会面。”

然而，罗兹说，直到暴力事件开始后，他才出现在国会大厦，没有证据表明他进入了国会大厦。他否认有任何不当行为。

然而，根据美国广播公司新闻的统计，20多人在1月6日骚乱的联邦调查中被指控与誓言守护者有联系。

调查1月6日袭击的众议院特别委员会主席，众议员本尼·汤普森。，最近告诉美国广播公司新闻，为了“把拼图拼在一起”，即将举行的听证会将于1月6日探讨誓言守护者和其他极右翼组织的角色。

范·塔滕霍夫现在是科罗拉多州的一名艺术家和作家，在2014年至2018年期间担任誓言守护者的发言人。他在网上发布报道和视频，宣扬联邦政府越权的说法，并强调誓言守护者试图干预全国各地充满政治色彩的事务。

然而，他现在将他所宣传的大部分内容描述为危险的“宣传”，可能会引发暴力冲突。

“我认为我们在1月6日看到了这一高潮，当时国会大厦发生了骚乱，”他说。

范·塔特霍夫在该组织走了他所说的“非常艰难的右转”后离开了该组织，他在唐纳德·特朗普总统任期开始时与白人民族主义者和否认大屠杀者有联系。

“我成了他们所做事情的宣传者。我现在对此感到很难过，”范·塔特霍夫说。

罗兹多年来一直坚称，他的组织是无党派的，它只是寻求帮助人们确保他们的权利得到保护。

House Jan. 6 investigators contact ex-Oath Keeper featured in ABC News documentary

House investigators looking into the siege of the U.S. Capitol a year ago have contacted a former spokesperson for the Oath Keepers militia, seeking to interview him about his time with the militia group and its founder, Stewart Rhodes, according to the former Oath Keeper, Jason Van Tatenhove, and a congressional source familiar with the matter.

The request to interview Van Tatenhove, who says he left the Oath Keepers by 2018, suggests that House investigators are casting a wide net as they gather information about Rhodes while waiting to see if he will cooperate with their probe.

Van Tatenhove told ABC News that he plans to answer the panel's questions, but he is first seeking legal counsel.

According to congressional sources, House investigators have been discussing Van Tatenhove for much of the day, after ABC News featured him in its new documentary "Homegrown: Standoff to Rebellion," now on Hulu, and in astory online Thursdayabout his ongoing efforts to "atone" and "make amends" for his time with the Oath Keepers.

Investigators issued a subpoena to Rhodes two months ago, seeking testimony and documents from him, but Rhodes has yet to appear before them or provide documents.

"Prior to January 6th, Mr. Rhodes repeatedly suggested the Oath Keepers should engage in violence to ensure their preferred election outcome," the committee said in a statement when issuing the subpoena. "On January 6th, Mr. Rhodes was allegedly in contact with several of the indicted Oath Keepers members before, during, and after the Capitol attack, including meeting some of them outside the Capitol."

Rhodes, however, has said he wasn't on Capitol grounds until after the violence began, and there's no evidence he entered the Capitol building. He has denied any wrongdoing.

Nevertheless, according to an ABC News count,more than 20 peoplecharged in the federal investigation of the Jan. 6 riots have alleged ties to the Oath Keepers.

The chairman of the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., recently told ABC News that in order to "put the pieces of the puzzle together," an upcoming hearing will explore the role of the Oath Keepers and other far-right organizations on Jan. 6.

Now an artist and writer in Colorado, Van Tatenhove served as a spokesperson for the Oath Keepers between 2014 and 2018. He published stories and posted videos online that promoted claims of federal government overreach and highlighted Oath Keepers' efforts to intervene in politically-charged matters around the country.

However he now describes much of what he promoted as dangerous "propaganda" that can create violent confrontations.

"And I think we saw the culmination of that come Jan. 6, when the Capitol riots happened," he said.

Van Tatenhove left the group after it took what he said was "a very hard right turn," associating with white nationalists and Holocaust deniers at the start of Donald Trump's presidency.

"I became a propagandist for what they were doing. I feel awful about that now," Van Tatenhove said.

Rhodes has insisted over the years that his organization is nonpartisan and that it only seeks to help people ensure their rights are protected.