Justice Department Appeals Sentences for Convicted Oath Keepers

The Justice Department is appealing the sentences given to eight convicted members of the Oath Keepers, who were charged with seditious conspiracy and other conspiracy offenses related to their involvement in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol. The appeals will allow for further examination of the case and potentially establish new legal precedents. Some of the defendants had already filed their own appeals. The sentences handed down were below what prosecutors had requested, with the judge sentencing Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes to 18 years instead of the requested 25 years. The Oath Keepers' sentences were the first for seditious conspiracy in over a decade.