Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, was sentenced on Thursday to 18 years in prison, after being convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6 attack on Congress.
Prosecutors sought a 25-year term. Lawyers for Rhodes said he should be sentenced to time served, since his arrest in January 2022.
Rhodes did not enter the US Capitol on 6 January 2021, when a mob incited by Donald Trump smashed its way in, attempting to stop certification of Joe…