Oath Keepers Leader Sentenced to 18 Years

“Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the Oath Keepers, was sentenced to 18 years in prison on Thursday for leading a far-reaching plot to keep then-President Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 election,” CNN reports.

New York Times: “The sentence, handed down in Federal District Court in Washington, was the most severe penalty so far in the more than 1,000 criminal cases stemming from the Capitol attack — and the first to be increased for fitting the legal definition of terrorism.”

NBC News: “When given the chance to speak before sentencing, Rhodes, wearing an orange prison jumpsuit, called himself a ‘political prisoner’ and said he believes the only crime he committed was opposing those who are ‘destroying our country.’ He added that he hopes former President Donald Trump wins in 2024.”