Elmer Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers who recently had his 18-year sentence for seditious conspiracy commuted by President Donald Trump, will be allowed to enter the U.S. Capitol and Washington, D.C., following a brief tug-of-war in court.
A federal judge has reversed his recent move barring Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes — and a dozen others whose Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy sentences were commuted last week by President Donald Trump — from visiting Washington,
The judge said it was "reasonable" the Justice Department interpreted Trump's Jan. 6 commutations to cover the defendants' prison sentences and wipe away their terms of supervised release.
Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers founder and convicted seditionist whom Donald Trump recently freed, has been barred from visiting Washington, D.C.
A federal judge barred Edward Vallejo of Phoenix, along with seven other Oath Keepers, from Washington, the Capitol Building and Capitol Square.
Mandel Ngan / AFP via Getty Images A federal judge on Monday lifted travel restrictions imposed last week on the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers ... entering Washington, D.C. and the U.S ...
A federal judge on Monday lifted travel restrictions imposed last week on the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group, Stewart Rhodes, that barred him from entering Washington, D.C ...
A federal judge has revoked an order that bared several oath keepers from entering D.C. without court permission.
WASHINGTON (AP) — For years, conservative activist Ed Martin has promoted Donald Trump's false claims about a stolen 2020 election, railed against the prosecution of the rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol and represented some of them in court.
U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta placed the restriction on Friday after Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes met with GOP lawmakers in Congress on Wednesday, days after he and eight of his lieutenants had their years-long prison sentences commuted to time served.
In response to a motion from the acting U.S. attorney, the federal judge reversed his decision to ban Phoenix man Edward Vallejo from the district.
It is not for this court to divine why President Trump commuted Defendants’ sentences, or to assess whether it was sensible to do so,” Mehta wrote. “The court’s sole task is to determine the act’s effect.