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DOJ asks judge to drop order barring Oath Keepers from visiting Capitol
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Judge bars Oath Keepers released from prison by Trump from entering DC or US Capitol grounds without permission
Trump Justice Department Demands Judge Let Oath Keepers Who Led Insurrection Back Into US Capitol
The judge said it was "reasonable" the Justice Department interpreted Trump's Jan. 6 commutations to cover the defendants' prison sentences and wipe away their terms of supervised release.
The return of battle-hardened leaders ... will further radicalize and fuel recruitment platforms,” said Jacob Ware, a Council on Foreign Relations research fellow.
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, one of the most infamous Capitol rioters, was spotted in a congressional office building on Wednesday, just days after being set free by President Trump.
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Far-right Oath Keepers, ex-Proud Boys leaders released after Trump pardonsStewart Rhodes and Enrique Tarrio, who received some of longest sentences for the US Capitol attack, freed from prison.
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who graduated from UNLV and was involved in the 2014 Bundy ranch standoff, had his 18-year prison sentence commuted by Donald Trump.
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The top federal prosecutor for Washington is a conservative activist who promoted Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories
Rhodes was serving an 18-year sentence for a seditious conspiracy conviction for his role in the Jan. 6 riots, but his sentence was commuted by Trump on Monday. Rhodes told ABC News he was meeting with members of Congress, specifically Rep. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla. Speaker Mike Johnson told ABC News that he didn't meet with Rhodes.
For years, conservative activist Ed Martin has promoted Donald Trump's false claims about a stolen 2020 election, railed against the prosecution of the rioters
A federal judge on Monday reversed his order prohibiting Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the group from entering Washington, D.C., without court approval, following President Trump’s commutation of their sentences for their involvement in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.
The move was the latest example of how the prosecutor in charge in Washington, Ed Martin, has sought in recent days to wind down the office’s sprawling investigation of the Capitol attack.
A federal judge on Monday walked back his order barring Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the right-wing extremist group from entering Washington, D.C., without the
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