One insurrectionist involved in the January 6th attack on the Capitol just received an 18-year prison sentence.
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00:00The leader of the Oath Keepers has been sentenced to 18 years in prison for his role in the January
00:046th attack on the Capitol. It's the longest prison sentence imposed on a Capitol insurrectionist yet.
00:10Stuart Rhodes, the 58-year-old founder and leader of the far-right militia group,
00:14was convicted of seditious conspiracy back in November for trying to stop the certification
00:19of 2020 election results in which Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden. The judge in his case said
00:24Rhodes poses an ongoing threat and peril to our democracy and is guilty of the most serious crimes
00:29an American can commit. Rhodes' lawyers argued his client was a convenient target
00:34and that the Oath Keepers were the scapegoats of what happened on January 6th.