Far-right Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years over January 6 attack
by Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies from US news | The Guardian on (#6BXAJ)
Stewart Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in Capitol insurrection
Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, was sentenced on Thursday to 18 years in prison, after being convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6 attack on Congress.
Prosecutors sought a 25-year term. Lawyers for Rhodes said he should be sentenced to time served, since his arrest in January 2022.
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