{"id":8085,"date":"2023-05-25T20:42:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-25T20:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=8085"},"modified":"2023-05-26T07:58:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T07:58:18","slug":"breaking-oath-keepers-leader-stewart-rhodes-sentenced-to-18-years-over-jan-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?p=8085","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Sentenced To 18 Years Over Jan. 6"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ift.tt\/JAib5da\">Breaking: Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Sentenced To 18 Years Over Jan. 6<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"rumble\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v2ninn6\/?pub=24ns9\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/05\/25\/politics\/oath-keepers-sentencing-stewart-rhodes-kelly-meggs\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sentenced to 18 years<\/a> in prison on Thursday by a federal judge who also accepted a government recommendation to enhance the charge to \u201cterrorism\u201d in relation to his role in the January 6th debacle.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is the longest Jan. 6 sentence thus far and the first case where a judge applied the government-recommended enhancement for terrorism.<\/p>\n<p>The sentencing is the first successful seditious conspiracy conviction by an American jury since 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes was accused by D.C. District Judge Amit Mehta of fomenting \u201crevolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we absolutely cannot have is a group of citizens who \u2013 because they did not like the outcome of an election, who did not believe the law was followed as it should be \u2013 foment revolution,\u201d Mehta said before handing down Rhodes\u2019 sentence. \u201cThat is what you did. You, sir, present an ongoing threat and peril to this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While the Oath Keepers in D.C. were all unarmed, the judge cited a \u201cstockpile\u201d of guns and ammo in a hotel outside the district as proof they planned on staging a revolution.<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes responded to Mehta after being sentenced, telling the judge he is a \u201cpolitical prisoner\u201d and saying, \u201cLike President Trump, my only crime is opposing those who are destroying our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Judge Mehta answered, \u201cYou\u2019re not a political prisoner. You\u2019re here because 12 jurors in D.C. who acquitted you of multiple counts found you guilty of sedition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surely the D.C. jury where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bestplaces.net\/voting\/city\/district_of_columbia\/washington\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">less than six percent<\/a> of the population votes Republican couldn\u2019t have been biased!<\/p>\n<p>One prosecutor involved in the case said Rhodes\u2019 sentence was intentionally lengthy in order to set an example and \u201censure the respect for the rule of law that is essential to the survival of our democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rhodes also noted \u201cno Oath Keeper took part in any of the fighting\u201d on Jan. 6 and violence that day was \u201call done by other people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe this country is incredibly divided, and this prosecution \u2013 not just mine but all the J6ers \u2013 is making it worse,\u201d he told Mehta. \u201cI believe every J6er is a political prisoner and all of them are being grossly overcharged. It is going to make people feel like this government is even more illegitimate than they did before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another Jan. 6 participant, Richard \u201cBigo\u201d Barnett of Arkansas who famously put his feet on former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi\u2019s (D-CA) desk, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/05\/25\/man-who-put-feet-on-nancy-pelosis-desk-on-january-6-sentenced-to-4-5-years-in-prison\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">was sentenced to four and a half years in prison<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-says-pardon-large-portion-jan-6-rioters-rcna83873\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vowed earlier this month<\/a> to pardon a large portion of January 6 political prisoners.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Watch Rhodes joining The Alex Jones Show in January 2022 and check out some other Oath Keepers-related content below:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><em>Because Infowars relies on\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowarsstore.com\/\"><strong><em>YOUR SUPPORT<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>\u00a0in order to continue funding the operation, we urge you to visit\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.infowarsstore.com\/\"><strong><em>the Infowars Store<\/em><\/strong><\/a><em>\u00a0to do your part in the battle against globalism by purchasing great products such as dietary supplements, books, t-shirts, survival gear and much more. Thanks!<\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>via Infowars<\/p>\n<p>May 25, 2023 at 04:40PM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Breaking: Oath Keepers Leader Stewart Rhodes Sentenced To 18 Years Over Jan. 6 Oath Keepers&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,279],"tags":[103],"class_list":["post-8085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-stories","category-pm-headline","tag-sbn"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?fit=802%2C892&ssl=1",802,892,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?fit=270%2C300&ssl=1",270,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?fit=640%2C712&ssl=1",640,712,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?fit=640%2C712&ssl=1",640,712,true],"rpg_gallery_admin_thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"rpg_gallery_thumb":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?fit=802%2C892&ssl=1",802,892,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?fit=802%2C892&ssl=1",802,892,true],"newsphere-slider-full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?resize=802%2C720&ssl=1",802,720,true],"newsphere-featured":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?fit=802%2C892&ssl=1",802,892,true],"newsphere-medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?resize=720%2C380&ssl=1",720,380,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Peter Santilli"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?cat=8\" rel=\"category\">Featured Stories<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/?cat=279\" rel=\"category\">PM Headline<\/a>","tag_info":"PM Headline","comment_count":"0","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/petersantilli.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Screenshot-2023-05-25-at-3.15.28-PM.png?fit=802%2C892&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/plD2r-26p","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8085"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8091,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8085\/revisions\/8091"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petersantilli.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}