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Army veteran from Alabama has been sentenced to probation instead of prison for his leadership role in a violent plot by members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group to keep Donald Trump in the White House after he lost the 2020 presidential electionWASHINGTON — Army veteran was sentenced on Friday to probation instead of prison for his milestone conviction — and his leadership role — in a violent plot by members of the far-right Oath Keepers extremist group to keep Donald Trump in the...
Assistant U.S. Attorney Troy Edwards said James' sentencing can help ensure that the Jan. 6 attack is “cemented in our long-term national memory."James was the first criminal defendant in over 60 years to enter a pretrial agreement with prosecutors to plead guilty to seditious conspiracy, according to his attorneys. Theof seditious conspiracy for a plot to use force to stop the peaceful transfer of power from Trump to President Joe Biden after the 2020 election.
As they approached the Capitol on Jan. 6, James and other Oath Keepers marched in a military-style"stack" formation. James helped lead other group members into the building through the East Rotunda doors, prosecutors said. “Rhodes expressed gratitude for James’s actions and told James to alter his physical appearance to conceal his identity,” prosecutors wrote.
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