Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers who recently had his 18-year sentence for seditious conspiracy commuted by President Donald Trump, will be allowed to enter the U.S. Capitol and Washington, D.C., following a brief tug-of-war in court.
A federal judge has barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington without the court’s approval.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta placed the restriction on Friday after Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes met with GOP lawmakers in Congress on Wednesday, days after he and eight of his lieutenants had their years-long prison sentences commuted to time served.
A judge had ordered the Oath Keeper members convicted of crimes related to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, to be barred from entering the U.S. Capitol court permission.
Mehta’s new ruling, and that he would probably be returning to Washington at some point ... he was lobbying for pardons for the nine Oath Keepers and five members of the Proud Boys who ...
A judge barred the Oath Keepers founder from Washington, D.C., without court approval after Trump commuted his prison sentence for the Capitol riot.
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes freely walked through congressional office buildings in Washington, D.C., after Trump released him from prison. The judge who presided over Rhodes’s seditious ...
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A federal judge on Monday reversed his order prohibiting Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the group from entering Washington, D.C., without court approval, following President Trump’s commutation of their sentences for their involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.