The founder of the far-right Oath Keepers has been sentenced to 18 years in federal prison in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol following his conviction on seditious conspiracy.
Rhodes was convicted of seditious conspiracy in November along with Kelly Meggs, a fellow Oath Keepers member who will be sentenced later Thursday afternoon.
"I had no idea that any Oath Keeper was even thinking about going inside or would go inside," Rhodes said.
With Trump (preferably) or without him, we have no choice," Rhodes wrote in a message ahead of Jan. 6.
"Patriots, it was a long day but a day when patriots began to stand," Rhodes wrote the night of Jan. 6.
Persons:
Stewart Rhodes, Amit Mehta, Rhodes, Kelly Meggs, Meggs, Jessica Watkins, Kenneth Harrelson, Thomas Caldwell, Watkins, Harrelson, Peter Schwartz, Schwartz
Organizations:
Trump, Patriots
Locations:
Olive Garden, Virginia