The ‘Constitutional Sheriffs’ are a strange group of vigilante police officers, who believe they have a supreme authority, and are the highest law in the land. They are a conspiracy-fuelled movement with links to violent militias, spreading radical ideas in their local communities. They answer only to the people, God… and Donald Trump.

They are one of those groups who exist in Donald Trump’s orbit. They are a piece in the puzzle of modern America – alongside the likes of QAnon and Proud Boys. At their most extreme, they are part of the poisoning of America’s mind, and some of the characters who are doing the poisoning.

Journalist Marnie Duke has been researching and speaking to them for an episode of her superb podcast The Hole Truth, in which she explores some of the stories and people that lead to, or were part of, the January 6th insurrection. You should definitely listen to that.

In the meantime, here is my chat with Marnie on my Times Radio show this weekend.