Oath Keepers Leader Sentenced to 18 Years for Role in US Capitol Riot

Washington - Stewart Rhodes, the founder and leader of the anti-government Oath Keepers militia, was sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the violent breach of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Prosecutors wanted 25 years, but the sentence is still the harshest given so far in connection with the January 6 attack by supporters of former president Donald Trump.

Rhodes and a top lieutenant, Kell