A federal judge has barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington without the court’s approval.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta placed the restriction on Friday after Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes met with GOP lawmakers in Congress on Wednesday, days after he and eight of his lieutenants had their years-long prison sentences commuted to time served.
Ed Martin — acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C — filed a motion to dismiss the judge’s terms, arguing that Trump’s commutations mean that Rhodes and his allies are no longer subject to the court’s supervision.
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.
Mehta’s new ruling, and that he would probably be returning to Washington at some point ... he was lobbying for pardons for the nine Oath Keepers and five members of the Proud Boys who ...
A judge had ordered the Oath Keeper members convicted of crimes related to the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, to be barred from entering the U.S. Capitol court permission.
A judge barred the Oath Keepers founder from Washington, D.C., without court approval after Trump commuted his prison sentence for the Capitol riot.
Several recently released Jan. 6 Capitol rioters have found themselves back in police custody or on the run for serious felony offenses, while one subject […]
President Donald Trump has begun his second administration with a series of controversial moves and decisions.
A federal judge on Friday barred Stewart Rhodes, the former leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, and others in its top ranks from entering Washington - and specifically the U.S. Capitol - unless they get court permission,
A federal judge said the group’s founder, Stewart Rhodes, can’t travel to nation’s capital without permission, prompting objections from a Trump-appointed prosecutor.