Breaking News: Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes gets 18 years for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy

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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes gets 18 years for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy 05/25/2023 01:03 PM EDT Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the far-right Oath Keepers, was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for his involvement in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol — the longest sentence handed down to date and the first for a charge of seditious conspiracy. Rhodes, 58, is the first of 14 Jan. 6 defendants, including nine Oath Keepers, to face sentencing after being convicted of — or pleading guilty to — seditious conspiracy. Read the latest

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