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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Kunzelman and Alanna Durkin Richer

Oath Keepers founder Rhodes is barred from entering Washington or Capitol without court's permission

Trump Pardons Capitol Riot - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

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 extremist group leader's 18-year prison sentence in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who oversaw the seditious conspiracy trial of Rhodes and other Oath Keepers, issued the order two days after Rhodes visited Capitol Hill, where he met with at least one lawmaker, chatted with others and defended his actions the day of the riot.

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