Stewart Rhodes, 59, had his 18 year prison sentence commuted by President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot in 2021.
Several recently released Jan. 6 Capitol rioters have found themselves back in police custody or on the run for serious felony offenses, while one subject […]
The Justice Department told a judge he can't block Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from visiting the Capitol after Donald Trump's Jan. 6 clemency.
D.C. Judge Amit Mehta ordered Oath Keeper members who were convicted of Jan. 6 crimes but whose sentences were commuted by President Trump.
A federal judge on Monday reversed his order prohibiting Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the group from entering Washington, D.C., without court approval, following President Trump’s commutation of their sentences for their involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
Within hours, the Justice Department – which under the Biden administration had secured Rhodes' 2022 conviction – argued that Judge Amit Mehta ... had visited Capitol Hill. Mehta issued ...
US District Judge Amit Mehta, who oversaw the seditious conspiracy trial of Stewart Rhodes, issued the order two days after Rhodes visited Capitol Hill.
Rhodes, the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group founder, was found guilty of orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the U.S. Capitol in a desperate bid to keep Trump in power.
Stewart Rhodes was convicted in one of the most serious cases brought by the Justice Department over the Jan. 6, 2021 attack.
DC US District Judge Amit Mehta’s order applies to most of the people whose sentences Trump commuted and who did not receive a full pardon — including Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes, who visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday, just two days after Trump voided his 18-year sentence for seditious conspiracy.
A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering the District without the court's approval after President Donald Trump commuted the leader's 18-year prison sentence for January 6.