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By Chris Gallagher WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors will be allowed to introduce potentially incriminating messages between the leader of the Oath Keepers and the far-right group’s general counsel, a judge ruled on Thursday, saying the texts were personal in nature and do not fall under attorney-client privilege. Prosecutors had briefly shown the court a December 2020 message from founder Stewart Rhodes to lawyer Kellye SoRelle before the defense objected last week. Rhodes is one of five Oath Keepers on trial for their alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “This w…