The founder of the Oath Keepers extremist group was sentenced Thursday to 18 years in prison for orchestrating a weekslong plot that culminated in his followers attacking the U.S. Capitol in a bid to keep President Joe Biden out of the White House after the 2020 election.
Stewart Rhodes is the first person charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack to be sentenced for seditious conspiracy, and his sentence is the longest that has been handed down so far in the hundreds of Capitol riot cases.
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Prosecutors argued that a lengthy sentence is necessary to deter future political violence. Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathryn Rakoczy pointed to interviews and speeches Rhodes has given from jail repeating the lie 2020 election was stolen and saying it would be again in 2024. In remarks just days ago, Rhodes called for “regime change,” the prosecutor said.
Stewie's lawyer asked that he be sentenced to time served. The judge wasn't having any of that. So, see ya in fifteen years or so, bucko.
Also, the clown who sat in Speaker Pelosi's office and propped his foot up on a desk got four years, plus. A guy who assaulted a cop at Trump's coup attempt got five years. The desk clown was trying to make money from his crimes.
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