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.
President Donald Trump commuted the extremist group leader's 18-year prison sentence in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
After the Justice Department says Trump wanted all conditions on sentences ended, a federal judge eliminates post-trial supervision for all the Oath Keepers’ leaders.
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.
D.C. Judge Amit Mehta ordered Oath Keeper members who were convicted of Jan. 6 crimes but whose sentences were commuted by President Trump.
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.
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 Justice Department told a judge he can't block Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from visiting the Capitol after Donald Trump's Jan. 6 clemency.
A single-page order from District Judge Amit Mehta on Friday forbids Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the group from entering the nation’s capital without a court ...
A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the right-wing extremist group from entering Washington, D.C., without the court’s permission,
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington, D.C., without the court's approval after President Donald Trump commuted the far-right extremist group leader's 18-year prison sentence for orchestrating an attack on the U.S. Capitol four years ago.