BREAKING: Oath Keepers Leader Sentenced To 18 Years

CNN reports:

The federal judge presiding over sentencing for Oath Keepers members convicted of seditious conspiracy has ruled that militia leader Stewart Rhodes’ actions amounted to domestic terrorism. The finding signals that Rhodes, 58, may face decades in prison when he is formally sentenced later Thursday.

“This is an additional level of calculation, this is an additional level of planning, this in additional level of targeting an institution of American democracy at its most important moment – the transfer of power,” District Judge Amit Mehta said of Rhodes.

Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy by a Washington, DC, jury in November in a historic criminal trial that was a test of the Justice Department’s ability to hold January 6 rioters accountable and validated prosecutors’ arguments that the breach of the Capitol was a grave threat to American democracy.

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FLASH: Judge sentences Stewart Rhodes to 18 years in prison in seditious conspiracy case

— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) May 25, 2023

Stewart Rhodes, leader of the Oath Keepers militia group, was just sentenced by a Federal Judge to 18 years in prison for a slate of charges, including seditious conspiracy, stemming from his involvement in the January 6th, 2021 riot at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/eUilYnNrq0

— The Sparrow Project (@sparrowmedia) May 25, 2023