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Judge drops order barring Rhodes, other Oath Keepers from entering DC without court permission

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27.01.2025

A federal judge on Monday walked back his order barring Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the right-wing extremist group from entering Washington, D.C., without the court's permission after President Trump commuted their sentences for their roles in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who oversaw the Oath Keepers conspiracy trials, vacated the order after determining that it would be “improper” to modify their original sentences “post-commutation.”

“It is not for this court to divine why President Trump commuted Defendants’ sentences, or to assess whether it was sensible to do so,” Mehta........

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