Stewart Rhodes, the founder of the far-right Oath Keepers militia, was sentenced on Thursday to 18 years in prison, after being convicted of seditious conspiracy for his role in the January 6 attack on Congress.
Prosecutors sought a 25-year term. Lawyers for Rhodes said he should be sentenced to time served, since his arrest in January 2022.
Before handing down the sentence on Thursday, the judge told a defiant Rhodes that he posed a continued threat to the US government, saying it was clear Rhodes “wants democracy in this country to devolve into violence”.
