The Justice Department is seeking 25 years in prison for Stewart Rhodes, the Oath Keepers founder convicted of seditious conspiracy for what prosecutors described as a violent plot to keep Pres. Biden out of the White House, according to court documents.
for what prosecutors described as a violent plot to keep President Joe Biden out of the White House, according to court papers filed Friday.
Prosecutors asked the judge to go above the standard sentencing guidelines, arguing the crimes deserve a longer sentence for terrorism because the goal was to influence the government through intimidation or coercion. They also argued Rhodes has not accepted responsibility for his actions,"still presents a threat to American democracy and lives and does not believe he has done anything wrong.
"These defendants were prepared to fight. Not for their country, but against it. In their own words, they were 'willing to die' in a 'guerilla war' to achieve their goal of halting the transfer of power after the 2020 Presidential Election," prosecutors wrote in the nearly 200-page court filing. Hundreds of people have been convicted in the attack that left dozens of officers injured and sent lawmakers running for their lives. But Rhodes and Meggs were the first Jan. 6 defendants to be convicted at trial of seditious conspiracy.
Three other defendants on trial with Rhodes and Meggs were acquitted of seditious conspiracy, but convicted of obstructing Congress, which also carries up to 20 years in prison. Another four Oath Keepers were convicted of the sedition charge during a second trial.
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