But the obviously irritated judge called the claim that Rhodes is being denied a fair trial “simply false.”U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said Rhodes' suggestion that his lawyers are not providing effective counsel appeared to be “complete and utter nonsense” and questioned why concerns about his lawyers were surfacing for the first time just weeks before trial.“The notion that you are going to create the kind of havoc that you will — and havoc is the only appropriate word I can think of — by moving Mr. Rhodes' trial, not going to happen,” Mehta told Edward Tarpley, whom Rhodes wanted as his new lawyer.It will also be a major test for the Department of Justice, which has brought rarely used and difficult-to-prove charges of seditious conspiracy against Oath Keepers members and those of another far-right extremist group, the Proud Boys.Three members of the Oath Keepers have already pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy, are cooperating with investigators and could testify against Rhodes at trial.He called some of the new legal papers Rhodes wants to file “frivolous.”———Associated Press journalist Mike Pesoli contributed to this report from Washington."