Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, of Granbury, was serving an 18-year prison sentence for his role in plotting to oppose the peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6.
The Jan. 6 defendants who received clemency included those convicted of violent and serious crimes, including assaulting police officers and seditious conspiracy. Mr. Trump also ordered the attorney general to dismiss all pending indictments related to the Capitol riot.
Soon after being sworn-in on Monday, President Donald Trump signed a proclamation granting clemency to more than 1,500 charged in connection to the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection. It had long been expected that Trump would grant clemency to many Jan.
A Texas woman was sentenced to prison on Friday after she pleaded guilty to felony and misdemeanor charges related to her conduct during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol. Her actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.
Trump has repeatedly referred to convicted criminals of both violent and nonviolent offenses related to Jan. 6 as “hostages.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Proud Boys 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. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol were wiped away by a sweeping order from President Donald Trump benefitting more than 1,500 defendants.
The former leader of the Proud Boys and the founder of the Oath Keepers have been released ... in Justice Department history. Rhodes, of Granbury, Texas, was serving an 18-year prison sentence ...
WASHINGTON — Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart ... in Justice Department history. Rhodes, of Granbury, Texas, was serving an 18-year prison sentence ...
A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington without the court’s approval after President Donald Trump commuted the extremist group leader’s 18-year prison sentence in the Jan.
President Donald Trump had commuted the extremist group leader Stewart Rhodes' 18-year prison sentence in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
A judge had ordered the Oath Keeper members convicted of crimes related to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, to be barred from entering the U.S. Capitol court permission.