Oath Keepers Founder Gets Slammed With 18 Years for Seditious Conspiracy in Jan. 6 Riot
“What we absolutely cannot have is a group of citizens who – because they did not like the outcome of an election,” the judge said.
“What we absolutely cannot have is a group of citizens who – because they did not like the outcome of an election,” the judge said.
Four days after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers militia, tried to convey a message to President Donald Trump, said he wished he had killed House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and predicted a coming civil war.
The leader and founder of the extremist far-right group Oath Keepers and 10 others were arrested and charged with seditious conspiracies and other crimes for their involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol siege, the Justice Department announced Thursday.