- The founder of Oath Keepers, a far-right political group, has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol following his conviction on seditious conspiracy.
- The sentence for Stewart Rhodes is the longest imposed on a Jan. 6 defendant. “You, sir, present an ongoing threat and a peril to this country and to the republic and to the very fabric of this democracy,” Judge Amit Mehta said before handing down the sentence.
- Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy in November along with Kelly Meggs, a fellow Oath Keepers member who will be sentenced on Thursday afternoon.
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Oath Keepers Founder Sentenced To 18 Years In Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy Case
FILE - Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump rally at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021. The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has scheduled its next hearing for Oct. 13, 2022, pushing the investigation back into the limelight less than three weeks before the midterm election that will determine control of Congress. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
