District Judge Amit Mehta issued the order two days after Rhodes visited Capitol Hill, where the Texas resident met with at least one lawmaker, chatted with others and defended his actions the day of the riot.

Oath Keepers founder and seditious conspirator Stewart Rhodes left prison this week beaming — President Donald Trump had commuted his sentence, nullifying Rhodes’ 18-year term behind bars. “It’s a good day for America!” Rhodes exclaimed.

Within hours, the Justice Department – which under the Biden administration had secured Rhodes' 2022 conviction – argued that Judge Amit Mehta didn't have the authority to issue that restriction. Trump commuted Rhodes' 18-year sentence Monday along with the sentences of 13 other defendants.

Eight Jan. 6 defendants whose sentences were commuted by President Trump must get court permission to travel to Washington, D.C., or enter the U.S. Capitol, a federal judge ordered on Friday. Why it matters: Trump issued pardons and commutations for the majority of rioters charged in the Jan.

Stewart Rhodes and members of the Oath Keepers who were convicted on seditious conspiracy charges will be allowed to return to Washington, D.C., after Donald Trump ’s hand-picked U.S. attorney pushed a judge to drop restrictions on their travel following the president’s clemencies.

U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta, who oversaw the seditious conspiracy trial of Rhodes and other Oath Keepers, issued the order two days after Rhodes visited Capitol Hill, where he met with at least ...

US District Judge Amit Mehta, who oversaw the seditious conspiracy trial of Stewart Rhodes, issued the order two days after Rhodes visited Capitol Hill.

A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes from entering Washington, D.C., without the court’s approval after President Donald Trump commuted the far-right extremist group leader’s 18-year prison sentence for orchestrating an attack on the U.

President Trump’s handpicked interim D.C. U.S. Attorney told a federal judge on Friday to overlook the fact that Oath

A federal judge on Friday barred Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and seven other members of the right-wing extremist group from entering Washington, D.C., without the court’s permission, days after President Trump commuted their sentences as part of sweeping clemency for those charged in the Jan.

Federal judge Amit Mehta has barred Stewart Rhodes, former leader of the Oath Keepers, from entering Washington, D.C. or the U.S. Capitol upon his release. Rhodes, among hundreds pardoned following the Jan.