The leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers were both freed from long sentences by President Donald Trump. Who are they? And what are their groups?
Tuesday as the leaders of two extremist groups who played outsize roles in the Capitol attack walked out of federal prisons after serving a fraction of their sentences for seditious conspiracy.Trump called the conspirators’ sentences “ridiculous and excessive,
Rhodes and Tarrio were among the most prominent defendants from January 6 and had received some of the harshest punishments.
Stewart Rhodes, founder of the Oath Keepers who played a significant role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, reportedly returned to the scene of the crime on Wednesday. Several Capitol Hill reporters spotted Rhodes at a Dunkin' in the Longworth House Office Building,
Former Proud Boys extremist group leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes have been released from prison after their lengthy sentences for seditious conspiracy convictions in the Jan.
President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned more than 1,000 people charged in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, and commuted the sentences of leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
Oath Keepers' Rhodes, convicted of sedition for Jan. 6 attack, visits Capitol Hill after clemency and meets lawmakers.
Rhodes had been convicted in one of the most serious cases prosecuted by the DOJ stemming from the January 6, 2021, riot.
The move, in effect, validated the far-right leader’s defiant claim that his criminal prosecution was a kind of political persecution.
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes leave prison after Trump commuted their Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy sentences.
President Trump commuted the sentence of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, who was ordered to spend 18 years behind bars for plotting to prevent the peaceful transfer of power in 2021.