https://needtoknow.news/2023/05/j6-oath-keepers-founder-stewart-rhodes-sentenced-to-18-years-in-prison/

Summary by JW Williams

"Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy related to the January 6 (J6) riot. This represents the longest sentence given to any J6 defendant so far.

Rhodes said that he never entered the Capitol or told anyone else to go inside.

Kelly Meggs, leader of the Oath Keepers Florida chapter and one of Rhodes’s co-defendants, was also found guilty of seditious conspiracy and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Government prosecutors say Rhodes was the architect of a plot to forcibly disrupt the transfer of presidential power that included “quick reaction force” teams at a Virginia hotel to ferry weapons into Washington, DC, if they were needed. The weapons were never deployed.

Rhodes published a public message on the Oath Keepers’ website: on November 10, 2020:

“Our men will be standing by, awaiting the President’s orders to call us up as the militia, which would override D.C.’s ridiculous anti-gun laws (by federal statute, all Americans from age 17-45 are subject to being called up as the militia by the President, and all military veterans are subject to being called up until age 65 because of our training and experience). – Stay tuned for further details.”...