Oath Keepers Florida chapter leader Kelly Meggs was sentenced to 12 years in prison Thursday for seditious conspiracy and other charges related to the U.S. Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021.
Rhodes received the longest sentence, to date, related to the attack on the Capitol.
“The United States proved at trial that the Oath Keepers plotted for months to violently disrupt the peaceful transfer of power from one administration to the next. The Justice Department will continue to do everything in our power to hold accountable those criminally responsible for the January 6th attack on our democracy.”
According to a press release from the Department of Justice, Rhodes, Meggs and others started plotting a plan to oppose, by force, the lawful transfer of presidential power after the Nov. 3, 2020, presidential election. When the crowd gathered at the Capitol on Jan. 6, members forced their way through U.S. Capitol Police barricades and into the building by breaking windows, ramming doors, and assaulting law enforcement officials.
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