Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers founder and convicted seditionist whom Donald Trump recently freed, has been barred from visiting Washington, D.C.
The founder of the right-wing 'Oath Keepers' militia, who himself was recently had his 18-year- prison sentence commuted, appeared outside of D.C.'s Central Det
Rhodes was convicted by a federal jury of sedition conspiracy in connection with the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. President Trump pardoned him on Monday.
WASHINGTON -- A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington, D.C., without the court's approval after President Donald Trump commuted the far-right extremist group leader's 18-year prison sentence for orchestrating an attack on the U.S. Capitol four years ago.
Ed Martin, a longtime advocate for Jan. 6 defendants recently named to run the prosecutors’ office, sought to undo a judge’s order barring Stewart Rhodes from visiting Washington.
A federal judge barred Edward Vallejo of Phoenix, along with seven other Oath Keepers, from Washington, the Capitol Building and Capitol Square.
In response to a motion from the acting U.S. attorney, the federal judge reversed his decision to ban Phoenix man Edward Vallejo from the district.
It is not for this court to divine why President Trump commuted Defendants’ sentences, or to assess whether it was sensible to do so,” Mehta wrote. “The court’s sole task is to determine the act’s effect.
A federal judge has revoked an order that bared several oath keepers from entering D.C. without court permission.
A federal judge has rescinded an order that would have banned Oath Keeper Edward Vallejo and seven others from entering Washington, D.C.
For a time, they all occupied the same pod—some called it the Patriot Wing—where they would sing the national anthem together every night. Trump added their choral rendition to his Mar-a-Lago iPad playlist and put it on at his rallies.