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