The Latest Breaking News from Stewart Rhodes

The founder of a far-right group involved in the insurrection riot at the US capitol has been jailed for eighteen years.

The judge describes Rhodes as a threat who "wants democracy in this country to devolve into violence"

The founder of the Oath Keepers group has been sentenced to 18 years in jail over his role in the US Capitol riots.

Rhodes was among the many Texans who played key roles in fomenting, planning or fueling the Jan. 6, 2021, violence at the U.S. Capitol.

Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on May 25, 2023, in the wake of his November 2022 conviction for seditious conspiracy. Rhodes led an effort to keep former President Donald Trump in office after Trump lost the 2020 presidential election, including…

Sentence is the longest yet for a participant in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, led by Donald Trump supporters.

In remarks before the judge handed down his sentence, Stewart Rhodes called himself a “political prisoner.”

The leader of the right-wing Oath Keepers group was ordered to serve 18 years in prison for his role in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol and conspiring to use force to keep Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election.

Far-right extremist group leader Stewart Rhodes is the first person charged in the January 6, 2021, attack to be convicted on charges of seditious conspiracy and other crimes

Stewart Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in Capitol insurrection

Judge’s damning rebuke of far-right ‘militia’ founder calls him ‘a threat and a peril’ to democracy