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Eugene

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Mon Jan 27, 2025, 08:22 AM Monday

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, fresh out of prison, appears at Trump Las Vegas rally

Source: USA Today

Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, fresh out of prison, appears at Trump Las Vegas rally

Joey Garrison, USA TODAY
Sat, January 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM EST·2 min read

WASHINGTON ― Stewart Rhodes, founder of the right-wing militia group Oath Keepers whose prison sentence for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack was commuted this week, showed up at President Donald Trump's Saturday rally in Las Vegas.

Rhodes, released from prison Tuesday, was among dozens of Trump supporters who stood behind the president as he gave remarks at Circa Resort and Casino touting his first week in office and pledging to push legislation to eliminate taxes from tips. Photos taken by Reuters captured Rhodes in the crowd.

Rhodes, convicted in 2022 of seditious conspiracy, received the second-longest prison sentence ‒ 18 years ‒ among all Jan. 6 defendants. He had been serving his sentence at a federal prison in Cumberland, Maryland prior to his release.

Trump took sweeping action on his first day in office Monday to pardon more than 1,500 people charged in the Jan. 6 attack, which sought to stop the certification of Trump's 2020 election loss to former President Joe Biden. Trump also commuted the sentences of Rhodes and 13 others, all either members of the far-right Oath Keepers or Proud Boys groups.

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/news/oath-keepers-founder-stewart-rhodes-031756093.html

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Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, fresh out of prison, appears at Trump Las Vegas rally (Original Post) Eugene Monday OP
He'll be the guy holding the "Traitors for Trump" sign at every rally. sop Monday #1
He'll be given a prominent role radicalleft Monday #2
His own family did not want him out... JCMach1 Monday #3
Why is a president holding a rally and who is paying for it? nature-lover Monday #4
A Rally? INdemo Monday #5
His name is Elmer Wild blueberry Monday #6

INdemo

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5. A Rally?
Mon Jan 27, 2025, 05:58 PM
Monday

Thats what he was doing in 2017 holding rallies for 2020. So does this look familiar? The SOB is running in 2028 Thinking he can go against the Constitution

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