BREAKING: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes has been sentenced to 18 years in prison, the longest sentence in a Jan. 6 case.
Judge Amit Mehta of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia imposed the sentence Thursday after a hearing in which Rhodes declared himself a"political prisoner" and likened himself to former President Donald Trump.
A jury convicted Rhodes and other Oath Keepers last November for a host of crimes related to Jan. 6, when a mob of Trump supporters breached the Capitol in an attempt to block the formal transfer of power from Trump to President Biden. Addressing the judge before the sentence was handed down, Rhodes said he was"sympathetic" to the trauma that many law enforcement experienced during the Jan. 6 attack, but argued many members of the Oath Keepers were not violent that day.
His defense attorneys argued for a much lighter sentence, noting that he had been in jail since his arrest more than a year ago. A Yale Law School graduate, Rhodes was the alleged leader of the conspiracy, prosecutors told the jury and argued in sentencing memos. They called him the"architect" of the plan who penned open letters to Trump urging him to try to hold onto power using an obscure, centuries-old law known as the Insurrection Act."It will be 1776 all over again," Rhodes wrote in a message to other Oath Keepers leaders."Force on force is the way to go.
Rhodes' codefendant, Kelly Meggs, was also convicted of the seditious conspiracy charge. Prosecutors alleged he spearheaded the effort to enter the Capitol. He is set to be sentenced Thursday afternoon.
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