Stewart Rhodes, founder of the far-right militia Oath Keepers, was sentenced Thursday to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol. Edward Tarpley, a member of his legal team, called Rhodes a “political prisoner” and said he was convicted “because of his words.”
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