CNN —An Oath Keeper who acted as part of a security detail on January 6 for Roger Stone before rushing to join the riot at the Capitol was sentenced to more than four years in prison Thursday for seditious conspiracy.
Roberto Minuta, who prosecutors described as one of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes’ “most trusted men,” was not initially at the Capitol but sped over in a golf cart when he learned of the breach, prosecutors said.
“This isn’t about the words themselves,” Judge Amit Mehta said during the sentencing hearing Thursday.
“You weren’t charged and convicted because of your words.
The law doesn’t permit that,” Mehta said.
Persons:
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Locations:
Washington, DC, New York