Ed Martin — acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C — filed a motion to dismiss the judge’s terms, arguing that Trump’s commutations mean that Rhodes and his allies are no longer subject to the court’s supervision.
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.
The judge said it was "reasonable" the Justice Department interpreted Trump's Jan. 6 commutations to cover the defendants' prison sentences and wipe away their terms of supervised release.
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 ...
President Donald Trump supporter and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes ... the January 6 defendants could not get a fair trial in Washington. Nearly 1,600 people were charged with Capitol ...
Several recently released Jan. 6 Capitol rioters have found themselves back in police custody or on the run for serious felony offenses, while one subject […]
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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.