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Last defendant from first Oath Keepers Jan. 6 trial sentenced to time served

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11.01.2025

The final defendant from the first Oath Keepers trial was on Friday sentenced to time served for conduct stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.

Thomas Caldwell, a U.S. Navy veteran from Virginia, was in 2022 convicted alongside Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes. Prosecutors said he played a central role in the anti-government militia’s planning for Jan. 6, calling for civil war ahead of the riot.

But while Rhodes was found guilty of seditious conspiracy, Caldwell was acquitted of all conspiracy counts. He was convicted of two other felonies, but after the Supreme Court narrowed an........

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