The founder of the alt-right extremist Oath Keepers, Stewart Rhodes, was sentenced on Thursday to 18 years for seditious conspiracy in relation to the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, The Associated Press reports.
Rhodes was previously found guilty of coordinating a weekslong plot to prevent President Biden from taking office after the 2020 election, which resulted in Rhodes' followers carrying out the insurrection. He is the first of several people charged in connection to Jan. 6 to be sentenced and his sentence, so far, is the longest given in the Capitol riot cases.
