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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Judge allows Stewart Rhodes and convicted Oath Keepers to travel to Washington after Trump’s clemency

Stewart Rhodes and members of the Oath Keepers who were convicted on seditious conspiracy charges will be allowed to return to Washington, D.C., after Donald Trump’s hand-picked U.S. attorney pushed a judge to drop restrictions on their travel following the president’s clemencies.

The federal judge who tried members of the far-right militia group issued an order last week that prevented Rhodes and seven other defendants from entering Washington, without the court’s permission, after Trump commuted their sentences to time served.

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