Oath Keepers Leaders Sentenced for Role in Jan. 6 Insurrection

Stewart Rhodes, the leader of the Oath Keepers militia, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in a seditious conspiracy to instigate the pro-Trump violence of Jan. 6. The sentencing marks a landmark moment of accountability for the Capitol attack, with more people convicted of seditious conspiracy in connection with the siege of the Capitol on Jan. 6 than any other criminal event since the statute was enacted during the Civil War. The prosecution of Mr. Rhodes stood out in a way that the judge who sentenced him articulated in court on Thursday.