to rhodes how much rhodes is not showing any remorse at all and how he is believing from what stewart rhodes just said in the courtroom to him today that rhodes is ready to take up arms the moment he is released from prison, that now we know that will be many, many years from now, 18 years is what the sentence is at this time. >> the judge's words here in terms of making this decision, quoting here, this is an additional level of calculation, speaking of rhodes, this is an additional level of planning, this is an additional level of planning a democracy at its most important moment, the transfer of power, informing the judge's decision saying here is the time when the u.s. congress was certifying the election and that's when rhodes and his group in the judge's view struck, and that informed the judge's decision to describe this as domestic terrorism. >> the judge getting to the root of the planning and organization that went into this attack, saying, quote, he was the reason they were in fact in washington, d.c., oath keepers wouldn't have been there but for stewart rhodes. i don't think any

on january 6th were it not for stewart rhodes calling them and taking part in this plan, whether or not team argued that he did not want them to do that. the judge did not buy that. rhodes was the one that gathered them around the capitol, and after january 6th had no intention of backing down on what his position was. >> again, we're waiting for that sentencing to play out. appreciate your time. stay with us. we'll have the sentencing on "cnn news central," which starts right after the break. when a truck hit my car, the insurance company wasn't fair. i didid't t kn whahatmy c caswa, so i called the barnes firm. i'm rich barnes. it's hard for people to k how much their accident case is worth.h barnes. t ouour juryry aorneneys hehelpou i'm off to america's best i heard what you said about not overpaying for glasses. two pairs and a free, quality eye exam starting at just $79.95? the exam alone is worth... 59 bucks. i mean, people deserve breaks, right? yeah, brakes...! [out of control] book an exam today at americasbest.com.

he said to stewart rhodes, you are not a political prisoner, mr. odes, that is not why you are here. it is not because of your beliefs, it is not because joe biden is the president right now. the judge had many things to say. some of the other things he said is that he believes that rhodes is making clear today in court when he spoke to the judge, expressing no remorse, that violence could be something that achieved his goals and that he continued to be a threat to democracy. the judge clearly took that to heart and was saying that we cannot have that, we cannot have citizens believe that violence is the way to get things done in a democracy. and the judge also expressed some concern of whether there would be another january 6th, that any elections in the future, there will be fear around them because of what happened on january 6th. but 18 years is quite a significant sentence, by far the longest that any january 6th riot defendant has received for federal crimes on that day. and by my calculation, it puts stewart rhodes in jail somewhere near or a

during thursday's sentencing, stewart rhodes wore an orange prison jumpsuit and claimed he was a political prisoner. judge amit mehta rebuked rhode'' , saying -- "what we absolutely cannot have -- is a group of citizens who because they did not like the outcome of the election, were then prepared to take up arms in order to foment a revolution. that's what you did." the justice department had sought a 25 year sentence. we are joined now by kristen doerer. she is an independent journalist covering right-wing extremism. first, respond to this verdict. both for stewart rhodes and talk about who he is, and his associate. >> thank you for having me. this was a very substantial win for democracy. this was -- 18 years is a very long time for stewart rhodes to be in prison. it sends a strong message of deterrence to anybody else who is considering doing -- trying to overthrow the government again in 2024 or in future years. stewart rhodes is the leader of the far right oath keepers organization. the oath keepers is in antigovernment extremist organization founded in 2009. they had this idea they a

it's stewart rhodes' fault. after january 6th, after the cops had the hell beaten out of them by american flags, he said his only regret was, we should have brought rifles. let me tell you something, about 400 rioters have already received sentences for their violent, vile acts committed on january 6th. their anti-american, treasonous acts. 200 have been incarcerated for that rioting, for the beating of cops. support the blue? not quite. not even close. for donald trump and his rioters, it was beat the hell out of the cops. yes, they were planning to overthrow american democracy. it's called seditious. law enforcement still seeking 350 criminals who committed violent acts at the capitol, and that search goes on. trust me, the rioters will be found, and they will be brought to justice, too. you know, trump and desantis praise these rioters that you're looking at. they praise theseditionists, the convicts. they send a very clear, very loud message to others. you try to overthrow the federal government while beatin

how significant is stewart rhodes' 18-year sentence? will that be a meaningful deterrent? >> well, it's significant and it's a victory for the justice department, clearly. they've done a great job in convicting not just the foot soldiers of january 6th but the captains. and stewart rhodes, enrique tario, the leader of the proud boys are two important pieces of that. in term of deterring future extremism, i don't think we're seeing that specifically in the online space or in social media. in fact, the reason why stewart rhodes is able to say in court he's a political prisoner is because he's parroting many on the right in terms of elected officials even on the hill saying him and other january 6th defendants are political prisoners as opposed to convicted felons, which is what they are. >> and we've spoken with other intelligence experts that really these groups have gone underground, become harder to track. it strikes me in previous cases, previous january 6th cases, judge meta had denied the prosecutor's request to a terrorism enhancement. >> it would have gotten stewart

the fact of the matter is, stewart rhodes, we saw stewart rhodes, the oath keepers in the proud boys, scheming openly online to overthrow the election process. so to go into a courtroom and use this kind of, we just got caterpillar, boebert was not an organized event, was nonsense. the evidence speaks for. south merland holden's team, we pray to that stuff out, we shared, it we saw it, live in time, and so you can't go into the court now using that defense. stewart rhodes didn't do, it didn't work for him, he tried to do, it it didn't work for him, and it won't work subsequently for other defendants. >> donell harvin, thank you for joining us tonight. one more story tonight. clock is ticking on negotiations to raise the debt ceiling, with the u.s. set to run out of cash. but there are reportedly signs of movement tonight. we are on that, just ahead. ♪ limu emu & doug ♪ what do we always say, son? liberty mutual customizes your car insurance... so you only pay for what you need. that's my boy. now you get out there, and you make us proud, huh? ♪ bye, uncle limu. ♪ stay off the freeways

so stewart rhodes was wearing what would you expect. an orange jump suit and making these political comments in an orange jump suit. probably not the image he would want to portray to the world but he wanted to use this message through. under federal sentencing guidelines, you have to do at least 80% of the time so this will be a significant sentence and will take him out for at least the next several presidential elections unless he is pardoned by potentially a future president donald trump. >> so defiant to the end, even in his orange jump suit. you went to law school with him. you graduated from law school with him. what do you make of his behavior in court today and just the sentence in general? >> stewart has always been very smart. i'm not just saying that because we share a law degree. there's a certain amount of calculatingness about his conduct as well as his conduct at the time. his lawyers made a lot out of the fact that he never entered the building. did he that purposefully. he was trying to mitigate any criminal charges th

who stewart rhodes really is? >> i'm not sure anything i would say would make any difference, because i think they fully understand what he is and what he tried to do, and they fully support it. he is a person who plotted or for over a decade. all he ever thought about was creating chaos, creating violence. violence in the home, violence in the country, anything that could put himself on top, and any way he could make that happen. and i think trump fully understands, desantis fully understands, they know what stewart is about and they agree with him. >> are you worried at all that if roads were pardoned, that there would be risk of another potential january 6th? >> oh, absolutely. this is stewart's life's work. this is what he does. he is incredibly brilliance. and completely manipulative, he is good at what he does, and he will just regroup immediately. i guarantee you, he already has plans in the works for us soon as he's out. he will regroup, and he will do this again. and he will do this again until he creates

he said to stewart rhodes, "you are smart, charismatic and compelling."it's clear you've wanted the democracy of this country to devolve into violence." now, this case, ithink, being seen as very significant — a high—profile case and, as i've mentioned, as well, the longest sentence handed down so far linked to january 6th — where, of course, trump supporters stormed the capitol building in order to try and block the certification ofjoe biden�*s presidential election win. now, donald trump recently said in an interview with cnn that if he were to become president again — and, of course, at the moment he's the front—runner in the republican nomination race — he would likely pardon a large portion of those convicted. so these aren'tjustjudicial matters of the past, but current political ones, as well. with a deadline looming in the us to raise the debt ceiling, the new york times is reporting that negotiators could be closing in on a deal. the newspaper reports that negotiators were discussing a compromise that would raise the debt limit for two years whil

oath keepers wouldn't have been there but for stewart rhodes. is fascinating that stewart rhodes entire bed in the courtroom today. his whole bed is on donald trump winning the next presidential election. that is his way out of prison. he hopes, possibly, two years from now. otherwise he may be there for what may turn to be the rest of his life? >> yeah, that is really it for him. and i think that the other option for him is that he just goes out as what he sees as his nelson mandela. he really believes that he is this political prisoner. he has made that exclusive reference before. saying that he is this historic figure and comparing himself to that sort of figure in history. and saying that he is a political prisoner, and this is, essentially what he wants to be remembered for even if he does end up spending all these days and present. >> ryan riley, thank you for always being in the courtroom for us. on these days. really appreciated. thank you for joining us tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> we will be right back! e right back that's it.

stewart rhodes, the leader of the oath keepers, was convicted on charges of seditious conspiracy andtoughest penalty yet in connection with the assault injanuary 2021. more than 1,000 people have been arrested in connection with the riot. more than half have pleaded guilty to a variety of crimes. here's our north america correspondentjessica parker. stewart rhodes — the leader of oath keepers — and one other member today were sentenced for the charge of seditious conspiracy. now, that is a civil war—era crime, which is the crime of conspiring to overthrow or oppose the government by force. now, the court heard during the trial that the group had stashed weapons in a nearby virginia hotel, although the defence said those weapons were never used. and, as well, stewart rhodes — well, he didn't personally enter the capitol building, other members of the group did, and prosecutors said he had acted like a battlefield general. now he is a former us army paratrooper, a yale—educated lawyer, as well, and he was very defiant in court — he said he was a political prisoner. but the judge during

stewart rhodes, the 58-year-old leader of the far right and antigovernment militia, was sentenced to hodes remained defiant, declaring himself a political prisoner. well, prior to the sentence, the judge had harsh words for rhodes, saying he led his followers during the interaction in what amounted to domestic terrorism. the judge also told rhodes that he presents "an ongoing threat and a peril to this country, to the republic, and the very fabric of our democracy." cbs's scott macfarlane was inside the court. he is going to start us off tonight from outside the courthouse. good evening, scott. >> reporter: norah, good evening. the judge said january 6th imperiled american democracy and that stewart rhodes was a critical part of it. then the judge issued a sobering warning about the risks that lie ahead. stewart rhodes is a yale law grad, a former service member, and founder of the oath keepers, who was convicted of conspiring to mobilize his own fighting force of the capitol on january 6th, planning weeks in advance to raise money, prepare gear, and to ready a team event-president tr

go back to the sentencing of stewart rhodes.editious conspiracy defendant convicted by a jury who during his request for leniency or statement to the judge in sentencing said there are forces in the radical left who target maga and trump supporters and there is an antifa threat and they have given rise to january 6. we will never know if that statement made it less or more likely he got the 18 year prison sentence, but we know that what hermon just said is something we have heard other january 6 defendant say. you also have to use a somewhat practical legal lens to look at what is happening with these prosecutions. the batting average for the department of justice, trial by jury is 1000. they have secured partial or full convictions against every single defendant to go to trial, including those articulated some of what hermon just said. host: are those criminal charges? herman talk about some of them are misdemeanor. guest: they are in some cases just misdemeanor. they are another case is a combination of misdemeanors and feloni

so stewart rhodes, the leader of the oath keepers, he got 18 years. 2 years. and rhodes is different than any of the rest. rhodes is not only the leader.

stewart rhodes learns his fate. a federal judge labeling january 6 domestic terrorism for first time today. it came during the sentencing of rhodes, the founder of the oath keepers. in the longest sentence related to the capitol riot, rhodes has been ordered to spend 18 years in a federal prison. that's nearly as long as he was married to my next guest, tasha williams -- tasha adams. excuse me. thank you for joining us. tasha, you have known stewart rhodes for a long time. you know deeply this organization, the oath keepers. knowing that for the next 18 years, you and your six children can live your lives with stewart rhodes behind bars, how do you feel about that? >> i'm very happy about it. it's been a great week for us as a family. we are happy to feel safe. we are happy he is in a place where he can't hurt us, he can't hurt anybody else. of course, there's that dark cloud looming of a pardon. >> yeah. >> depending on who gets in office next or even beyond that, the next election. there's some reason for concern.

i want to play what stewart rhodes' defense team said after this whole sentencing wasover. here they are. >> based on the judge's belief of what the fact show and his recitation of that yesterday and today, i believe that was lower than what i thought he would do. >> lower than you thought? >> today. after today, i thought it would be higher. >> i anticipated much higher than an 18-year sentence, not that i agree with the sentence, but i anticipated much more based on the way he was leading up to it. >> i agrew with them. reading through what the judge ozsaying, the way he blasted elmer rhodes, i was surprised it was only 18 years. were you? >> i'm with you on this. look, it's a stiff sentence, but i compare it to other federal crimes. you rob a couple banks, you're looking at 15 to 20 years in prison. you commit and are convicted of what i believe to be the second most severe charge the federal government can throw at you, seditious conspiracy, the only thing worse would be treason, betraying the country while at war, and you get 18 years, you try to rob the country of its

that was stewart rhodes, the leader of the oath keepers.any january 6th case to date. today's sentencing hearing was an extraordinary moment revealing where we are as a country in the midst for accountability and one that's grappling with the threat to our democracy that was most visible on january 6th but has not gone away in the years since the attack. attorneys for stewart rhodes tried to down play the role in the actual insurrection describing them as a rag tag group of people who only took action on january 6th because the ex-president donald trump circled the date when he posted that now infamous december 19th tweet that read, quote, be there, we'll will be wild. prosecutors countered those claims laying out how rhodes led the conspiracy and rattle call liezed people with lies about the 2020 lx. doj pointed out that rhodes has been under repenitent about his role in trying to overturn the election. they revealed that just a few days ago, rhodes spoke via phone at a nightly protest at a d.c. jail housing january 6th defendants and call

stewart rhodes, the 58-year-old leader of the far right and anti-government militia was sentenced to des remained defiant, declaring himself a political prisoner, while prior to the sentence, the judge had harsh words for rhodes, saying he led his followers during the insurrection in what amounted to domestic terrorism. the judge also told rhodes that he presents, quote, an ongoing threat and a peril to this country, to the republic, and to the very fabric of our democracy. cbs' scott macfarlane was inside the court. he is going to start us off tonight from outside the courthouse. good evening, scott. nega negative. >> norah, good evening. the judge said january 6th imperiled american democracy, and that stewart rhodes was a critical part of it. then the judge issued a sobering warning about the risks that lie ahead. stewart rhodes is a yale law grad, a former service member and founder of t the oath keepe who o was convicteted of conspi to mobobilize his own fighting force at the capitol january 6th, planning weeks in advance to raise money, prepare gear and to ready a team if then p

during these protests, a number of protesters entered the congress , but stewart rhodes did not enter the congress building. in the court, he denied some accusations. he is a political prisoner and his only crime was to oppose those who wanted to destroy his country. another us election protester was sentenced to four and a half years in prison. he was accused of putting his foot on the table of the president of the us house of representatives after entering the congress . in the last two years, another of the protesters has been sentenced to prison. trump moved some of the documents that he kept at home before the arrival of the agents . the washington post reported that the former american president had the intention of usually deceiving legal experts. have made trump to be sentenced to prison for transferring part of the documents. previously , an indictment was issued due to giving his rights to an actress of immoral films and several cases of financial corruption , peace be upon him. they started with war ammunition and so on according to the announcement of the ministry of defen

so stewart rhodes, the leader of the oath keepers, he got 18 years. and then his deputy essentially on january of 6th, kelly meggs, getting 12 years. and rhodes is different than any of the rest. rhodes is not only the leader. he is the reason that the oath keepers were in washington, d.c. on january 6th. that was what the judge found today. and he also believes that stewart rhodes poses an ongoing threat to democracy. rhodes made no attempt to try and dissuade the judge of believing that. and the judge certainly did say that explicitly after stewart rhodes expressed no remorse in court today and continued to be very far right in what he said to the judge and not saying that he believed that he had done anything wrong at all. now, the other thing, with kelly meggs, that was the second defendant sentenced today, kelly meggs was much more remorseful. and judge mehta looked at him and reminded him how serious of an offense this is, seditious conspiracy. and then spoke about how he found it so astonishing that american citizens who had been upstanding aver

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>> i'll be looking for -- >> interested to see what stewart rhodes does with his time.us to see what he ends up doing with his time when he has time to give a little bit of a statement before he's sentenced. this is a important propaganda moment for him. i think he could be trying to send out a message more broadly. he wants to be seen as a martyr, he wants to be seen as the nelson mandela as he's put it previously before of the u.s. here. he thinks he's a political prisoner, the government is overreaching here and attempting to inspire other people. certainly i can expect that, you know, we're going to see him on some far right forums making phone calls to a lot of these outside groups after this sentence is handed down as he's continued to do throughout this proceeding. he wants to get the attention on his case and make himself out to be this political martyr. >> all right, ryan reilly and kristy greenberg, thank you. >>> ahead, fresh video out of guam after the island was blasted by a super typhoon, but first, she was simply the best, remembering the life and legacy

no, it's stewart rhodes' fault.e hell beaten out of them by american flags, he said his only regret was, we should have brought rifles. let me tell you something, about 400 rioters have already received sentences for their crimes, for their violent, vile acts committed on january 6th. their anti-american, treasonous acts. 200 have been incarcerated for that rioting, for the beating of cops. support the blue? not quite. not even close. for donald trump and his rioters, it was beat the hell out of the cops. yes, they were planning to overthrow american democracy. it's called sedition. law enforcement still seeking 350 criminals who committed violent acts at the capitol, and that search goes on. trust me, the rioters will be found, and they will be brought to justice, too. you know, trump and desantis praise these rioters that you're looking at. they praise the seditionists, the convicts. they send a very clear, very loud message to others. you try to overthrow the federal government while beating the hell out of cops

it is there -- no, it is stewart rhodes's fault after january 6th. regret was we should have brought rifles. let me tell you something. about 400 rioters have already received sentences for their crimes, for their violent, vial, acts, committed on january 6th. they're anti-american, they're treasonous acts. the 200 been course ready for that writing, for the beating of cops. support the blue, not quite, not even close, for donald trump and his rioters, it was beat the hell out of the cops. and yes, they were planning to overthrow american democracy. it is called sedition. law enforcement is still seeking 350 criminals who committed violence acts at the capitol, and that search goes on the. and trust me, the riders will be found and they will be brought to justice as well. trump and desantis praise these rioters that you are looking at, they praise this edition this, they praise the convicts, and they say the very clear message to others to try to overthrow the government while beating the hell out of cops with american flags that our troops have prou

in these protests, a number of protesters entered the congress, but stewart rhodes did not enter thecongress building. in court, he denied some accusations and said that he was a political prisoner and his only crime was to oppose others. that they wanted to destroy his country. yesterday, richard was sentenced to four and a half years in prison along with another us election protester . he was accused of putting his foot on the table of the president of the us house of representatives after entering the congress. of the protesters to jail has condemned that trump moved some of the documents he kept at home before the arrival of the agents, the washington post reported that the former president of the united states intended to deceive by doing this , legal experts predicted that trump would move some of the documents according to the documents , an indictment was issued for giving his right to an actress of immoral films and several cases of financial corruption , peace be upon him. according to the announcement of the ministry of defense of south korea the exercise to simulate a mas

stewart rhodes' mother is from mexico. rise in the identification with far right white nationalist movements amongst american latino men in this country. and i really think it's something we might want to talk about rather than just having this sort of general discussion of poor young white men who might be attracted to these movements. where do you think that is coming from? and do you think that our law enforcement, our sociologists and our investigators into right wing movements are looking at the demographic face that is changing of white nationalism in this country? >> i hope they are. and one clue to this was that the latino vote and democrats didn't do enough to reach out, they took for granted that latinos would vote for them because of republicans' awful stance of immigration. and instead, latino men, there's lots of studies of this, voted for trump in larger and larger numbers. and we also see this is also the outcome of a very efficient and successful work of radicalization that's gone on inside institutions. an

and i think that essentially, they have used stewart rhodes' words against him. >> reporter: prosecutors rhodes spent weeks after the election plotting to use violence to keep president trump in power the judge applied a so-called terrorism enhancement to rhodes' sentence, the first time that has happened in a january 6th case >> it's a very significant sentence, and it sends a very i think important message of deterrence. >> reporter: proud boys leader enrique tarrio also convicted of seditious conspiracy is slated to be sentenced august 30th. lester >> ken dilanian tonight, thank you. >>> the newest declared republican candidate for president, florida governor ron desantis, looking to move on today after a turbulent campaign launch and now he is starting to take more shots at a past ally, former president trump here is gabe gutierrez >> reporter: it's only day two, and tonight florida governor ron desantis already doing damage control after his campaign's rocky roll-out >> it did break the twitter space. and so we're really excited with the enthusiasm. >> reporter: the glitchy audio-on

i think this sentence set for stewart rhodes will set the high bar for the oath keepers, and i think we can look for a similar sentence when the leader of the proud boys, enrique tarrio, is sentenced. there's a flaw in our law. federal law defines domestic terrorism, meaning an act of violence that's intended to influence politics through fear. but there's no crime of domestic terrorism. there have been bills suggested in congress, but they haven't passed. however the sentencing guidelines do allow the judge if the judge finds this was an act of terrorism, to increase the sentence. the judge did that here, and i think that's going to set a precedent. >> the republican presidential candidate ron desantis is already signaling he might pardon january 6th rioters if he's elected, a position trump has openly taken as well. how serious is the concern that a future republican president could undo the justice delivered in these cases? >> that absolutely could happen, wolf. the president, whoever the next president is, will have absolute pardon power. and i take donald trump and everyone shou

these latest sentences coming off oath keepers' ring leader, stewart rhodes, was sentenced to 18 yearsconfidante, kelly meggs, was given 12 years behind bars. help break down the latest sentence. >> reporter: kenneth harrelson is getting four years in prison. he wasn't convicted of seditious conspiracy or conspiracy of cob instructing congress, but he was one taking part in this plot with the oath keepers, helping to lead people and coordinate with stewart rhodes on january 6th. jessica watkins received a prison sentence of eight years today and essentially what the judge has to do, he's sentencing all of the oath keepers who were tried at the same time as stewart rhodes, and he has to essentially determine how to appropriately punish each of these people for the exact thing that they did. what part of the plan they took part in. and they are, you know, able to speak to the judge. some of them have been very, very conciliatory about what they did. jessica watkins even said today, in court, "i was just another idiot running around the hallway. but idiots are responsible, and today you'r

>> reporter: well, it was quite a hearing for stewart rhodes and his sentencing. justice department was very successful in making many of their arguments, including that one you just mentioned, that the judge agreed with them that it was a crime of domestic terrorism that he engaged in when he was engaging to seditiously conspire with others, leading the oath keepers on january 6th. even though he didn't go in the building and was not personally violent, the judge noted that he believed he did want violence to happen that day and believed that was the way to affect democracy. and the judge also spoke directly to rhodes during the sentencing, just before he told him he would be spending 18 years in total in federal prison. the judge said, you are not a political prisoner, that is not why you are here. it is not because of your beliefs, it is not because joe biden is the president right now. rhodes also spoke on his own behalf and was clearly of the belief that the election was illegal in 2020, and that the right wing extremism was the answer for him and he would co

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. >> thank you >> a federal jury found oath keepers founder, stewart rhodes, guilty of seditious conspiracyr his part in the violent january 6 assault on the capitol and his failed plot to overturn the 2020 election. >> stewart rhodes is the guy with the eye patch that comes from an incident when he accidentally shot out his own eye. he's the leader of the far-right oath keepers' group.

. >> thank you >> a federal jury found oath keepers founder, stewart rhodes, guilty of seditious conspiracy. rhoades was convicted for his part in the violent january 6 assault on the capitol and his failed plot to overturn the 2020 election. >> stewart rhodes is the guy with the eye patch that comes from an incident when he accidentally shot out his own eye. he's the leader of the far-right oath keepers' group. >> announcer: it's "the late show with stephen colbert!" tonight: conspira-see ya! plus, stephen welcomes: treasury secretary janet yellen and rob delaney featuring louis cato and "the late show" band. and now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, it's stephen colbert! >> stephen: hey! right over there. [cheers and applause] ♪ ♪ all right. i got you. i got you. all right. watch out for him. keep your eyes on this one. happy wednesday. >> audience: stephen! stephen! stephen! >> stephen: hello! >> louis: you can feel it. you can feel it. >> stephen: welcome, welcome, in here, up there, out there, to "the late show." i am your host, stephen colbert. and, folks, i

stewart rhodes clearly was much different than the rest.e had not decided to bring his organization together on january 6th. but these others were involved in planning or organization or making sure there were guns stationed around washington, d.c. so each were sentenced for different things, all of them being determined by the judge that they had engaged in crimes of domestic terrorism that results in those harsh sentences. each of these people in court during their sentences developed a different portrait too of what political extremism in america looks like now. stewart rhodes was unrepentant, saying he still believed that the election of 2020 was illeg illegitimate. he said he would continue to have these beliefs even while he serves that 18-year prison sentence. others were much more apologetic. there are more sentencings to be done. the federal judge will hear four additional defendants next week and determine how much time each of those people should be facing. >> with me is michael zeldin. great to see you. as we heard in this repor

. >>> stewart rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in federal prison on thursday. >> have a good day. next. >> memorial day weekend is just the start of what will be a busy summer travel season that we're expecting. >>> live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is friday, may 26, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where they are moving closer to a day to pay the government's bill. it would reportedly raise the debt ceiling but cap spending levels for two years. >> and manu raju reports that nothing is final until it is final. >> reporter: negotiations between the speaker and his top allies and the white house still ongoing, still unresolved, even as the u.s. is considering prospects of the first ever debt default as soon as next week and amid warnings that the u.s. credit rating could be downgraded if the national down limit which now stands at $31.4 trillion is not raised. the dispute still over federal spending and how far to go. republicans have demanded that as part of the negotiations and also pushed for a range of policy measures

so stewart rhodes, he was unrepentant. he was saying he still believed that the election of 2020 was -- he said he would continue to have these beliefs even while he serves that 18-year prison sentence. others were much more apologetic, but there are more sentencings to be done. the federal judge on this case will hear four additional defendants, the arguments for their sentences, next week and determine how much time each of those people in the oath keepers case should be facing. katelyn polantz, cnn, washington. >>> lawyers for donald trump are asking a judge to prevent e. jean carroll from amending her defamation lawsuit against the former president. carroll, a 79-year-old advice columnist, wants to amend the suit because of comments trump made in a recent cnn town hall. during that televised event, the former president referred to carroll as, quote, a whack job, and said the multi-million dollar judgment against him was, in his words, a rigged deal. jurors in that case found trump liable for sexually abusing carroll in

it all comes one day after the group's founder stewart rhodes was hit with the most severe sentence yet tied to the capitol insurrection, with the judge describing him as an ongoing threat to democracy, the unrepentant rhodes was sentenced to 18 years in prison. evan, starting with you how does this watkins sentence measure up with what prosecutors were calling for? >> well, the prosecutors were asking for 18 years, but it's very clear that certainly the judge believed that jessica watkins told a story that certainly maybe got a bit of empathy from the judge because of the fact she struggled through a lot, she identifies as a transgender person and served in the military, described how difficult that was for her and really at least in the end said she believed she now realizes what happened that day was wrong and that she should be punished and was willing to accept that punishment. prosecutors were not buying it. they're citing some of her communications even from jail where she was making fun of the police officers saying boohoo and saying that they incited the riot by attacking innoc

this is what stewart rhodes was convicted of.reason that the oath keepers assembled in washington on january 6th and were ready to march into the capitol. and help and show people that a layer of legitimacy to this riot, they were dressed in riot gear, tactical gear. and, you know, what judge said yesterday, this federal judge as he was sentencing, he said to stewart rhodes, i dare say, mr. rhodes, and i never said this to anyone i sentenced, you pose an on going threat and peril to our democracy and the fabric of this country. he reminded him over and over again that violence was not the way to achieve something in a democratic society in america whenever you disagree with the election. so, that is what he said. that is why steward rhodes got 18 years. >> i thought those words were so striking, reading the judge's comments about, you know, an on going threat. thank you very much for the reporting. >>> strikes reported overnight in ukraine and in russia. children were injured after a medical facility was hit. we're going to bring

oath keepers founder stewart rhodes given 18 years in prison in connection with the attack on the nation'sital. rhodes, a former army para trooper with a yale law degree was sentenced after being convicted of seditious conspiracy using violence to prevent the government from carrying out its lawful duties. rhodes was not physically present at capitol during the january 6th attack. but prosecutors say rhodes plotted after the election to use violence to keep president trump in power, speaking in november 2020. >> we have men already stationed outside d.c. as a nuclear option in case they attempt to remove the president illegally, we will step? and stop it. >> but the judge said he conspired with others to help make it happen, and to take up arms and foment revolution. clad in an orange prison jumpsuit, rhodes showed no remorse telling the judge he considers himself a political prisoner. but the judge dismissed that claim saying you, sir, present an ongoing threat and a peril to this country, to the republic, and the very fabric of our democracy. >> i've got good men on the ground already. w

stewart rhodes, a former part of trooper, was convicted of seditious conspiracy. essentially, trying to over through the government by finding up those 2 states, the sold on the capital. on january 6th, 2021. they were trying to stop the certification of to apply as president. he claimed in court, he was a political prisoner, a position rejected by the judge. there's no way that he was the leader of the director of what happened on january 6th. he was just a convenient target. the oath keeper's work, a convenient target. the d o j looked at them and said, oh, here's a skate here. the scape goat of what happened on january 6th. rhodes in his folder was dressed in combat style gears to converge on the capital. while he never entered, he was in constant contact with those inside. he had stashed weapons in nearby hotels, and prosecutors said he was ready to use them to force congress to back donald trump. the defense argued roads should be essentially free today, having spent 60 months in prison. but the judge clearly felt that the offense is needed a much stiffer sen

what did stewart rhodes do that day?ed, have been sentenced to die on the charge of seditious conspiracy, which is a civil war era crime, essentially the crime of attempting to overthrow or oppose the government by force. during the trial the court heard the group had stashed weapons in a nearby virginia hotel. he said while he had not personally entered the capitol building prosecutor said he had acted like a battlefield general. he's a former us army paratrooper, a yale educated lawyer as well and he was defiant in court today. he said it was a political prisoner, not characterisation the judge accepted. judge said rhodes—macro was an ongoing threat, he said you are smart, charismatic and compelling in a way that frankly makes you dangerous. now, hundreds of people were arrested in the wake of people were arrested in the wake of the january the six riots and donald trump, who of course wants to get back into the white house, recently said he would likely pardon many of those convicted, so these cases are justjudicial m

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