Oathkeeper Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years after Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy conviction
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Oathkeeper Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years behind bars for seditious conspiracy, amounting to the longest sentence for a Jan. 6 conviction so far.
"Mr. Rhodes. You have been convicted of seditious conspiracy. You’re a lawyer. You understand what that means," the federal judge said. "Among the most serious crimes an individual American can commit … an offense against the people of our country." Danielle Wallace is a reporter for Fox News Digital covering politics, crime, police and more. Story tips can be sent to danielle.wallace@fox.com and on Twitter: @danimwallace.
"And what was the motive? You didn’t like the new guy," Mehta said, noting that "just because someone supported the former president doesn’t mean they’re a white nationalist."
"What we absolutely cannot have is a group of citizens … prepared to take up arms in order to foment a revolution, and that’s what you did," the judge continued.