Posted on 07/12/2023 7:29:17 PM PDT by Coronal
The Justice Department is appealing the 18-year-prison sentence handed down for Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, as well as other far-right extremists' punishments that were shorter than what prosecutors had sought, according to court papers filed Wednesday.
While Rhodes received a lengthy sentence for seditious conspiracy and other convictions, the 18-year term was below the recommended range under federal guidelines and less than the 25 years the Justice Department had asked for in one of the most serious cases to go to trial in the Capitol attack.
Defendants routinely appeal their convictions and sentences, but it is more unusual for prosecutors to challenge the length of a prison term imposed by judges who have wide discretion when handing down punishments. Rhodes' was the longest sentence that has been handed down so far in more than 1,000 Capitol riot cases.
Rhodes' attorney, James Lee Bright, called the government's decision to appeal “surprising." At his sentencing hearing in May, a defiant Rhodes claimed to be a “political prisoner,” criticized prosecutors and the Biden administration and tried to play down his actions on Jan. 6.
The Justice Department filed notices in court that they intend to appeal the sentences of other Oath Keepers, including Florida chapter leader Kelly Meggs, who was convicted of seditious conspiracy alongside Rhodes and sentenced to 12 years behind bars.
Three other Oath Keepers tried with Rhodes were acquitted of the sedition charge but convicted of other felonies. Four Oath Keepers were convicted of the seditious conspiracy charge at a second trial in January.
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I'm not talking about the Oath Keepers, I'm talking about the crooked prosecutors.
Agreed.
So Ray Epps should be Two Centuries and Thirty Seven Lifetimes plus a little more for the pot!
There is no longer a pretense of justice when both the DOJ and FBI spend their time focused on protecting government criminals and prosecuting political rivals and wrongthink.
They act as of they are the Secret Service of the Democrat party.
Let’s hope TRUMP turns the table on the DOJ and pardons the J 6ers and then cleans out the DOJ.
Just another example of the DOJ being tough on crime, you know just like when they argued for a more severe sentence for Hunter…………sorry I’m laughing too hard to finish 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The DoJ (which should be renamed the Department of Federal Prosecution) is sure a vindictive bunch.
What “attack”?!
Hi.
Naive me at one time thought that only communists countries had political prisoners.
5.56mm
If there was no attack, why is Eps being charged?
Yes I agree.
Our founding fathers are rolling in their graves.
Basturds!
The talking heads on the news this morning are calling oath keepers an “extremist militia”.
For the same reason BLM and AntiFa aren’t being hunted down for their attacks on DC in the summer of 2020.
18 years is more than kiddie porn and child rapists get more often than not
What I would like to know is how trans, gay and lezzie these mad dog Federales are? On the autism spectrum too, and took ADD drugs when in school. They like torture. Is this how they make their bones in the Washington DC Federale (lifer) system? Sure seems like it. They are mentally deranged.
That’s not a federal issue.
18 years is a long sentence. This is ridiculous.
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