Justice Department asks for 25-year prison sentence for convicted Oath Keepers leader

Prosecutors requested a federal decide Friday to condemn Stewart Rhodes, the founding father of the far-right Oath Keepers, to 25 years in jail.

In November, a Washington, DC, jury convicted Rhodes and fellow group member Kelly Meggs of seditious conspiracy for his or her position within the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol.

Rhodes, Meggs and the three different defendants – Jessica Watkins, Kenneth Harrelson and Thomas Caldwell – had been additionally convicted of obstructing an official continuing.

The Justice Division alleged throughout the historic prison trial that the Oath Keepers conspired to forcibly cease the peaceable switch of presidential energy from then-President Donald Trump to Joe Biden and plotted to assault the US Capitol on January 6.

The trial was a serious take a look at of the Justice Division’s capacity to carry Capitol rioters accountable.

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