Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, one of the most infamous Capitol rioters, was spotted in a congressional office building on Wednesday, just days after being set free by President Trump.
The Oath Keepers founder met with Republican Rep. Gus Bilirakis of Florida to lobby for a pardon for fellow Oath Keeper and January 6 rioter Jeremy Brown, who was sentenced to seven years in prison on weapons charges.
Tuesday as the leaders of two extremist groups who played outsize roles in the Capitol attack walked out of federal prisons after serving a fraction of their sentences for seditious conspiracy.Trump called the conspirators’ sentences “ridiculous and excessive,
Former Proud Boys extremist group leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes have been released from prison after their lengthy sentences for seditious conspiracy convictions in the Jan.
At least [in] the cases we looked at, these were people that actually love our country,’ Trump says of January 6 rioters
Stewart Rhodes was serving an 18-year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy when he was freed by President Trump.
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, the far-right extremist group leader convicted of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack, has visited Capitol Hill after President Donald Trump commuted his 18-year prison sentence.
The far-right Oath Keepers extremist group founder serving 18 years for the Capitol riot visited Capitol Hill after President Trump freed him.
President Trump pardoned or commuted the sentences of more than 1,500 Jan. 6 offenders in a move that has been received by extremist movements as a vindication.
Letter to the editor from Judith Robertson, Bremerton
President Donald Trump has defended his decision to pardon people convicted of assaulting police officers during the attack on the Capitol.