Oath Keepers Sentenced for Sedition in Jan. 6 Capitol Attack

Two members of the Oath Keepers militia, David Moerschel and Joseph Hackett, were sentenced to less than four years in prison for seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The judge diverged from federal guidelines and issued lighter sentences than prosecutors had sought. The prison terms were a marked contrast to the ones handed down to the group’s leader and one of his deputies. The judge stressed that even those who had not directly engaged in violence had increased the chaos during the riot by descending on the Capitol as an organized militia.