{"id":920,"date":"2025-01-23T11:05:52","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T11:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers-leader-freed-by-trump-seen-on-capitol-hill\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T11:05:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T11:05:52","slug":"stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers-leader-freed-by-trump-seen-on-capitol-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/stewart-rhodes-oath-keepers-leader-freed-by-trump-seen-on-capitol-hill\/","title":{"rendered":"Stewart Rhodes, Oath Keepers leader freed by Trump, seen on Capitol Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Washington<\/em> \u2014 Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right group the Oath Keepers, visited Capitol Hill on Wednesday, days after his lengthy prison sentence was commuted by President Trump.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/stewart-rhodes-oath-keeper-founder-sentencing-january-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was sentenced to 18 years in prison<\/a><\/span> in May 2023 for seditious conspiracy in one of the longest sentences for crimes related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. He was among the more than 1,500 defendants who were <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-jan-6-pardons\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">granted clemency<\/a><\/span> on Monday, hours after Mr. Trump took office. Rhodes was released from federal custody on Tuesday, according to his lawyer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in a House office building Wednesday, Rhodes told reporters he was there to meet with House Republicans and advocate for a pardon for James Brown, a fellow Oath Keeper who was <a href=\"https:\/\/floridaphoenix.com\/2022\/12\/12\/former-green-beret-soldier-oath-keeper-member-jeremy-brown-found-guilty-on-six-of-10-counts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">convicted<\/a> of weapons charges in a separate federal case. Rhodes said he was not invited by any member of Congress and had not stepped foot in the Capitol.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\"><span class=\"img embed__content\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"Stewart Rhodes speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/22\/60919aea-f0c5-4a96-8f8f-ffb9f255ac87\/thumbnail\/620x349\/9e6a844f06c915ae696745aa1ce45fe0\/20250122-stewart-rhodes-gaggle-mov-frame-16167.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/01\/22\/60919aea-f0c5-4a96-8f8f-ffb9f255ac87\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/b623172f204122d59d9019ac00244052\/20250122-stewart-rhodes-gaggle-mov-frame-16167.jpg?v=e306e7b9fefc168c00baa623d76d1eaf 2x\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\"><span class=\"embed__caption\">Stewart Rhodes speaks to reporters on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Ellis Kim \/ CBS News<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prosecutors alleged Rhodes and his fellow Oath Keepers planned for violence ahead of the Capitol attack and celebrated their actions in the aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>Before Rhodes&#8217; sentencing, prosecutors said he &#8220;pushed the idea among Oath Keepers members and others that with a large enough mob, they could intimidate Congress and its members and impose the conspirators&#8217; will rather than the American people&#8217;s: to stop the certification of the next President of the United States.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>They added that Rhodes has called for &#8220;violent opposition to the authority of the government of the United States for well over a decade&#8221; and &#8220;continues to advocate for political violence.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/oath-keepers-trial-pelosi-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">recording<\/a><\/span> four days after Jan. 6 that was played at his trial, Rhodes said his &#8220;only regret is they should have brought rifles&#8221; and that he would &#8220;hang f****** Pelosi from the lamppost.&#8221; Rhodes said Wednesday he regretted that comment, and that he was &#8220;drunk and pissed off.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Many Republicans have downplayed the pardons and commutations or have avoided answering questions on the topic, saying they have yet to take look at Mr. Trump&#8217;s decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The president&#8217;s made his decision. I don&#8217;t second guess those,&#8221; House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, said Wednesday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n      <em><\/p>\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Ellis Kim<\/span><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.<br \/>\n      <\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p><!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/caitlin-yilek\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Caitlin Yilek<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Caitlin Yilek is a politics reporter at CBSNews.com, based in Washington, D.C. 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