Oath Keepers' ex-leader convicted of sedition now wants to work for FBI

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD — Elmer Stewart Rhodes III, the founder and former leader of the Oath Keepers, told reporters at CPAC Thursday that he would enjoy working for the FBI or for Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard.

Rhodes, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of sedition after the January 6 insurrection, had his sentence commuted by President Donald Trump. Now he wants to go to work for the government.

On Thursday, he said that he wants to help more people, who he calls "political prisoners," get out of prison.

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"We have a lot of political prisoners in this country, not just J6ers but other people too," he said, noting it is his new crusade to make radical changes to law enforcement.

"I want to see the snitch culture and the entrapment culture at the FBI and DHS changed," he continued. "And until that happens, I feel a little bad about having people join a group where they could be entrapped by a flood of agents."

"I want to see that fixed," he said. "In fact, I could help do that. I want to work for Kash Patel to clean the FBI up or Tulsi Gabbard. So I want to help clean up this corruption in government."

To work for the FBI, "public record must be in good standing with no felony convictions," the agency's website reads.

Rhodes also showed reporters a new tattoo that he got in prison. It features Trump's shooting scene, in which a bullet grazed his ear during a campaign rally.

"I believe that's when he won the election," said Rhodes, noting in that moment, Trump stood up "like a man."

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