DOJ seeks 25-year prison sentence for Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes
Rhodes and other members of the Oath Keepers were convicted on on charges of seditious conspiracy and other felonies. The Justice Department is asking a federal judge to sentence Oath Keepers found er Stewart Rhodes to 25 years in prison following his conviction along with other members of the anti-government militia group on charges of seditious conspiracy and other felonies stemming from their involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Prosecutors set forth their requested sentences for Rhodes and eight other Oath Keepers convicted of a range of offenses following two separate trials in November of last year and in January. Six of the nine total defendants were convicted on the key seditious conspiracy charge while three others -- Jessica Watkins, Thomas Caldwell and Kenneth Harrelson -- were found not guilty of that charge but were convicted of other serious felonies. Oath Keepers militia founder Stewart Rhodes poses during an interview session in Eureka, Montana, U.S. ...