Oath Keepers Chief Gets 18 Years for Plot to Attack Capitol (2)

The leader of the right-wing Oath Keepers group was ordered to serve 18 years in prison for his role in the 2021 attack on the US Capitol and conspiring to use force to keep Donald Trump in power after he lost the 2020 presidential election.

Stewart Rhodes, 58, was sentenced Thursday in Washington by US District Judge Amit Mehta, who ruled the actions of the group leader amounted to terrorism. Rhodes is one of 10 defendants convicted at trial of seditious conspiracy — four more pleaded guilty to that crime — for their actions on Jan. 6, 2021. ...