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Martin Pengelly in New York and agencies

Far-right Oath Keepers founder sentenced to 18 years over January 6 attack

Stewart Rhodes pictured in 2017. Other members of the Oath Keepers are due to be sentenced this week and next.
Stewart Rhodes pictured in 2017. Other members of the Oath Keepers are due to be sentenced this week and next. Photograph: Susan Walsh/AP

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.

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