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US judge bans some January 6 rioters from capital without court permission

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes talks to reporters after meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on January 22 [Nathan Ellgren/AP Photo]

A United States federal judge has barred several high-profile figures who took part in the Capitol riot on January 6, 2021, from entering Washington, DC, without court permission, as a condition of their release from prison.

On Friday, Judge Amit Mehta of the US District Court for the District of Columbia issued the ruling, which applies to Stewart Rhodes, the former leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, and seven others.

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