“A federal judge has rescinded his order from last week barring Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers militia, from entering Washington without his permission,” the New York Times reports.
“In reversing himself, the judge, Amit Mehta, said he agreed with Trump’s new U.S. attorney in Washington, Ed Martin, who had argued that the commutation of sentence extended not just to jail time but also to any post-release supervision as well.”
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.