Ex-leader of Oath Keepers forbidden from entering Washington DC by judge

Stewart Rhodes, whose 18-year Capitol attack sentence was commuted by Trump, was released from prison on Tuesday

A federal judge on Friday forbade Stewart Rhodes, the former leader of the far-right Oath Keepers group, and some other January 6 defendants from the 2021 attack on Congress from entering Washington DC, as well as the US Capitol within, as a condition of their release from prison.

US district court judge Amit Mehta wrote in the order on Friday that Rhodes, along with seven other defendants in the group, would need to be first obtain permission from the court before setting foot in Washington DC.

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